The Holy Quran 8:22 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Translation

Certainly the worst creatures in the sight of Allaah are the deaf (to the truth) and dumb (do not want to speak the truth) who do not understand (despite being blessed with ears, tongues and intelligence).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The worst of creatures: those to whom Allah gave a tongue to speak, ears to hear, and a heart and mind to understand. Then they rendered all these faculties idle: they were not granted the ability to speak the truth with their tongues or to seek it out, nor did they hear the call of truth with their ears, nor did they try to understand the truth with their…

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