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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 223

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٢٢٣

26:223 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 376 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:223

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ ۝٢٢٣

Transliteration

yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna

Translation

They pass on what is heard,1067 and most of them are liars.

Notes

[1067] This was before they were prevented, as described in 72:8-9.

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Verse 223 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:223), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 376 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 223

Al-Mukhtasar

“The satans eavesdrop on the exalted assembly of angels and then convey that information to their fortune-teller friends. The majority of fortune tellers are liars; if they are truthful in one statement, they tell a hundred lies with it.

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Other translations of verse 223

who whisper hearsay in the ears, but most of them are liars.

Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the Unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars.

They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.

(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.

They are eager on hearing, and most of them are liars.

Verse 223 word by word

  1. يُلْقُونَ yul'qūna They pass on ل ق ي
  2. ٱلسَّمْعَ l-samʿa (what is) heard س م ع
  3. وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ wa-aktharuhum and most of them ك ث ر
  4. كَٰذِبُونَ kādhibūna (are) liars ك ذ ب

Verses related to verse 223

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Saba 34:23

    وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

    And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

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