Surah Al-Baqara 2:44 — translation and meaning
البقرة · Verse 44 / 286 · Page 7
ۚ أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Word by Word
ۚ
أَتَأْمُرُونَ
atamuruna
Do you order
النَّاسَ
al-nasa
[the] people
بِالْبِرِّ
bil-biri
[the] righteousness
وَتَنسَوْنَ
watansawna
and you forget
أَنفُسَكُمْ
anfusakum
yourselves
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَتْلُونَ
tatluna
[you] recite
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
أَفَلَا
afala
Then will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
ta'qiluna
you use reason
Transliteration
Ataamuroonan naasa bilbirri wa tansawna anfusakum wa antum tatloonal Kitaab; afalaa ta'qiloon
Translation
Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
What is more immoral than telling others to have faith and do good when you, upon reading the Torah, turn away from it and forget it yourselves, while knowing that it orders you to follow Allah’s religion and have faith in His prophets? Have you then no sense?
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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