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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 44of 286

۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?

Word-by-word meaning

۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَatamurūnaDo you order
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
بِٱلْبِرِّbil-biri[the] righteousness
وَتَنسَوْنَwatansawnaand you forget
أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تَتْلُونَtatlūna[you] recite
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚl-kitābathe Book
أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Condemnation of commanding Others to observe Righteousnesswhile ignoring RighteousnessAllah said, "How is it, O People of the Book, that you command people to perform Al-Birr, which encompasses all types of righteousness, yet forget yourselves and do not heed what you call others to And you read Allah's Book (the Tawrah) and know what it promises to those who do not fulfill Allah's commandments.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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