يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٢
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
- ٱلَّذِينَthose who(believe)alladhīna
- ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
- لِمَWhylima
- تَقُولُونَ(do) you saytaqūlūna
- مَاwhatmā
- لَاnotlā
- تَفۡعَلُونَyou dotafʿalūna
Tafsir
O you who have faith in Allah, why do you say: ‘We did something,’ when in reality you did not do it?! Like the statement of one of you: “I fought and struck with my sword,’ whereas he did not fight and strike with his sword.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran