يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ٢٢٣
They pass on what is heard,1 and most of them are liars.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 This was before they were prevented, as described in 72:8-9.
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- يُلۡقُونَThey pass onyul'qūna
- ٱلسَّمۡعَ(what is) heardl-samʿa
- وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡand most of themwa-aktharuhum
- كَٰذِبُونَ(are) liarskādhibūna
Tafsir
“The satans eavesdrop on the exalted assembly of angels and then convey that information to their fortune-teller friends. The majority of fortune tellers are liars; if they are truthful in one statement, they tell a hundred lies with it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran