Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:223 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 223 / 227 · Page 376
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
Word by Word
يُلْقُونَ
yul'quna
They pass on
السَّمْعَ
al-sam'a
(what is) heard
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ
wa-aktharuhum
and most of them
كَاذِبُونَ
kadhibuna
(are) liars
Transliteration
Yulqoonas sam'a wa aksaruhum aaziboon
Translation
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
“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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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