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

Quran 8:22

8:22

۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

inna sharra l-dawābi ʿinda l-lahi l-ṣumu l-buk'mu alladhīna lā yaʿqilūna

Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason [i.e., the disbelievers].

— Saheeh International

the worst creatures in God’s eyes are those who are [wilfully] deaf and dumb, who do not reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily! The worst of (moving) living creatures with Allâh are the deaf and the dumb, who understand not (i.e. the disbelievers).

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

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