وَلَا
Walā
Quran 8 : 21
And (do) not be like those who say, "We heard," while they (do) not hear.
تَكُونُوا۟
Takūnūa
كَٱلَّذِينَ
Kaalladhīna
قَالُوا۟
Qālūa
سَمِعْنَا
Samiʿnā
وَهُمْ
Wahum
لَا
Lā
يَسْمَعُونَ
Yasmaʿūna
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
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Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not
Wahiduddin Khan
Do not be like those who say, We hear, but pay no heed to what they hea
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear
The Wise Quran
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The Study Quran
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Talal Itani (2012)
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Talal Itani & AI (2024)
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T.B.Irving
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Syed Vickar Ahamed
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Sher Ali
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Shakir
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Shabbir Ahmed
Be not like those who say that they hear, while they hear not
Samy Mahdy
And be not like those who said, “We heard,” while they are not hearing.
Safi Kaskas
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Rashad Khalifa
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N J Dawood 2014
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Mustaqim
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Mustafa Khattab 2018
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Musharraf Hussain
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MunirMezyed2023
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Munir Mezyed
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Muhammad Sarwar
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Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
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Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
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Muhammad Asad
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Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
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Mohammad Shafi
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Mir Aneesuddin
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Maududi
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Linda "iLham" Barto
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John Medows Rodwell
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Irving/Hegab
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Hilali - Khan
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Hamid S. Aziz
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George Sale
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Edward Henry Palmer
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Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
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Dr. Kamal Omar
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Corpus.Quran
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Bilal Muhammad 2018
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Bijan Moeinian
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Bakhtiari Nejad
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Arthur John Arberry
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Amatul Rahman Omar
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Ali Ãœnal
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Ali Quli Qara'i
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Aisha Bewley
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Abdul Majid Daryabadi
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Abdul Hye
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Abdel Haleem
do not be like those who say, ‘We heard,’ though in fact they were not listening