۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நீங்கள் வேதத்தையும் ஓதிக் கொண்டே, (மற்ற) மனிதர்களை நன்மை செய்யுமாறு ஏவி, தங்களையே மறந்து விடுகிறீர்களா? நீங்கள் சிந்தித்துப் புரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டாமா?
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නුඹලා දේව ග්රන්ථය කියවමින් ම නුඹලා නුඹලාව අමතක කර දමා ජනයාට යහපත විධානය කරන්නෙහු ද? (ඒ බව) නුඹලා වටහා නො ගන්නෙහු ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا لوگوں کو بھلائیوں کا حکم کرتے ہو؟ اور خود اپنے آپ کو بھول جاتے ہو باوجودیکہ تم کتاب پڑھتے ہو، کیا اتنی بھی تم میں سمجھ نہیں؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたは，人びとに善行を勧めながら，自分では（その実行を）忘れてしまったのか。あなたがたは啓典を読誦しながら，それでも尚理解しないのか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们是读经的人，怎麽劝人为善，而忘却自身呢？难道你们不了解吗？
Tafsir of 2:44
The Condemnation of commanding Others to observe Righteousnesswhile ignoring Righteousness Allah said, "How is it, O People of the Book, that you command people to perform Al-Birr, which encompasses all types of righteousness, yet forget yourselves and do not heed what you call others to And you read Allah's Book (the Tawrah) and know what it promises to those who do not fulfill Allah's commandments. أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ (Have you then no sense) of what you are doing to yourselves, so that you might become aware of your slumber and restore your sight from blindness" `Abdur-Razzaq said that Ma`mar stated that Qatadah commented on Allah's statement, أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ (Enjoin you Al-Birr (piety and righteousness and every act of obedience to Allah) on the people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves,) "The Children of Israel used to command people to obey Allah, fear Him and perform Al-Birr. Yet, they contradicted these orders, so Allah reminded them of this fact." As-Suddi said similarly. Ibn Jurayj said that the Ayah: أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ (Enjoin you Al-Birr on the people) "Is about the People of the Book and the hypocrites.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
