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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

Verse 22of 75

۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ﴿٢٢

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
شَرَّsharraworst
ٱلدَّوَآبِّl-dawābi(of) the living creatures
عِندَʿindanear
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلصُّمُّl-ṣumu(are) the deaf
ٱلْبُكْمُl-buk'muthe dumb
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَا(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnause (their) intellect

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to obey Allah and His MessengerAllah commands His believing servants to obey Him and His Messenger and warns them against defying him and imitating the disbelievers who reject him. Allah said, وَلاَ تَوَلَّوْاْ عَنْهُ(and turn not away from him...), neither refrain from obeying him or following his commands nor indulge in what he forbade, وَأَنتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ(while you are hearing.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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