وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ٢١
And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
- تَكُونُواْbetakūnū
- كَٱلَّذِينَlike those whoka-alladhīna
- قَالُواْsayqālū
- سَمِعۡنَاWe heardsamiʿ'nā
- وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
- لَا(do) notlā
- يَسۡمَعُونَhearyasmaʿūna
Tafsir
And do not be O you believers, like the hypocrites and idolators who when the verses of Allah are recited to them, say that they have heard the Qur’ān that has been recited to them, when they have not listened in a reflective way, learning from it so that they would benefit from what they heard.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran