Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:21

8:21

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

walā takūnū ka-alladhīna qālū samiʿ'nā wahum lā yasmaʿūna

And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.

— Saheeh International

do not be like those who say, ‘We heard,’ though in fact they were not listening-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And be not like those who say: "We have heard," but they hear not.

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

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūbe
كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
قَالُوا۟qālūsay
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَاlā(do) not
يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear