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Al-Anfal 22

Ayah 22 of 75 · Medinan

۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلۡبُكۡمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٢

Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason [i.e., the disbelievers].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. شَرَّworstsharra
  3. ٱلدَّوَآبِّ(of) the living creaturesl-dawābi
  4. عِندَnearʿinda
  5. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  6. ٱلصُّمُّ(are) the deafl-ṣumu
  7. ٱلۡبُكۡمُthe dumb l-buk'mu
  8. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  9. لَا(do) notlā
  10. يَعۡقِلُونَuse (their) intellectyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

The worst of creatures on the face of the earth in the sight of Allah are those who are deaf to the truth, not listening to it and accepting it; and dumb, not acknowledging the truth or calling to it, because they do not understand what Allah instructs or forbids.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran