ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحۡسَنَهُۥٓۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ١٨
Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.
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ٱلَّذِينَ Those who alladhīna يَسۡتَمِعُونَ they listen (to) yastamiʿūna ٱلۡقَوۡلَ the Word l-qawla فَيَتَّبِعُونَ then follow fayattabiʿūna أَحۡسَنَهُۥٓۚ the best thereof aḥsanahu أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ those ulāika ٱلَّذِينَ (are) they whom alladhīna هَدَىٰهُمُ Allah has guided them hadāhumu ٱللَّهُۖ Allah has guided them l-lahu وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ and those wa-ulāika هُمۡ are [they] hum أُوْلُواْ the men of understanding ulū ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ the men of understanding l-albābi Tafsir Those who listen to what is said, distinguish between good and evil, and follow the best speech because of the benefit it contains. Those who possess these attributes are the ones whom Allah has given guidance and they are the ones who have sound intellect.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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