The Holy Quran 8:21 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Translation

Do not be like those (the Munaafiqeen and Kuffaar) who say, "We hear!" but they do not hear (with the intention of accepting what they hear).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The state of the kafirs: that is, with their tongues they say, “We have heard,” though what kind of hearing is it when a person hears a plain matter and does not understand it, or understands it and does not accept it? Earlier the Jews had said to Musa ﵇: “سَمِعْنَا وَ عَصَيْنَا” — “we hear and we disobey.

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