Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and be not like those who say, "We have heard", the while they do not hearken
Arthur John Arberry
and be not as those who say, 'We hear,' and they hear not
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not
Arabic
وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِینَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعۡنَا وَهُمۡ لَا یَسۡمَعُونَ ٢١
Transliteration (2021)
walā takūnū ka-alladhīna qālū samiʿ'nā wahum lā yasmaʿūn