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Surah 8. Al-Anfal, Ayah 21

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وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Wal a takoonoo ka a lla th eena q a loo samiAAn a wahum l a yasmaAAoon a

and be not like those who say, "We have heard", the while they do not hearken.²²

- Mohammad Asad

Do not be like those who say: "We hear," but give no heed to what they hear.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Do not be like those who say, 'We hear,' but in fact they are not listening.

- Mustafa Khattab

Be not as those who say, We hear, and they hear not.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Nor be like those who say "we hear" but listen not: ¹¹⁹⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali