Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:44

25:44

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūna in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlan

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

— Saheeh International

Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle- no, they are further from the path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are only like cattle - nay, they are even farther astray from the Path (i.e. even worse than cattle).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 364meccan

Word by Word

أَمْamOr
تَحْسَبُtaḥsabudo you think
أَنَّannathat
أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear
أَوْawor
يَعْقِلُونَۚyaʿqilūnaunderstand
إِنْinNot
هُمْhumthey
إِلَّاillā(are) except
كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِۖkal-anʿāmilike cattle
بَلْbalNay
هُمْhumthey
أَضَلُّaḍallu(are) more astray
سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) way