8:22
۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
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Translation
For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb,- those who understand not.
A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain
the worst creatures in God’s eyes are those who are [wilfully] deaf and dumb, who do not reason.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved
Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who have no sense.
M. Pickthallpublic-domain
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 Internationalall-rights-reserved
Allah katında, yeryüzündeki canlıların en kötüsü gerçeği akletmeyen sağırlar ve dilsizlerdir.
Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved
Çünkü yeryüzünde dolaşan canlıların Allah katında en kötüsü anlamayan ve düşünmeyen sağırlarla dilsizlerdir.
Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain
Şüphesiz ki Allah katında canlıların en kötüsü, akıl etmeyen dilsizlerdir, sağırlardır.
Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved
إنَّ شر ما دبَّ على الأرض -مِنْ خَلْق الله- عند الله الصمُّ الذين انسدَّت آذانهم عن سماع الحق فلا يسمعون، البكم الذين خرست ألسنتهم عن النطق به فلا ينطقون، هؤلاء هم الذين لا يعقلون عن الله أمره ونهيه.
Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution
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۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?
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وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءً وَنِدَآءً ۚ صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
The likeness of those who disbelieve (in relation to the messenger) is as the likeness of one who calleth unto that which heareth naught except a shout and cry. Deaf, dumb, blind, therefore they have no sense.
- 5:32Content: Is the call to reason unique to the Qur'an? — an honest comparison with earlier scriptures
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ
For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth.
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وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers.
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وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ
Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful.
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وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ
And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:
- 25:44Content: Is the call to reason unique to the Qur'an? — an honest comparison with earlier scriptures
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?
- 36:62Content: Is the call to reason unique to the Qur'an? — an honest comparison with earlier scriptures
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ
Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
In earlier scriptures
- Psalm 92:6parallelThe senseless, worse than beasts
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Note
אִֽישׁ־בַּ֭עַר לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל לֹא־יָבִ֥ין אֶת־זֹֽאת׃
Thematic parallel: 'A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand' (Psalm 92:6) runs alongside Qur'an 8:22, where those who do not reason are 'the worst of creatures' — both place the failure to reason at the bottom. (Interpretation.)
King James Version (KJV)public-domain
- Deuteronomy 32:28parallelThe senseless, worse than beasts
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Note
כִּי־ג֛וֹי אֹבַ֥ד עֵצ֖וֹת הֵ֑מָּה וְאֵ֥ין בָּהֶ֖ם תְּבוּנָֽה׃
Thematic parallel: 'A nation void of counsel, without understanding' (Deut 32:28) overlaps with the Qur'an's critique of those who will not reason (8:22; 7:179). (Interpretation.)
King James Version (KJV)public-domain