Quran 25:44 — Al-Furqaan, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle- no, they are further from the path.
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūna in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle; nay, they are further astray from the way.
- Muhammad Asad
- Or dost thou think that most of them listen [to thy message] and use their reason? Nay, they are but like cattle - nay, they are even less conscious of the right way!
- Sahih International
- Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | تَحْسَبُtaḥsabu | do you think | حسب |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 5 | يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna | hear | سمع |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | يَعْقِلُونَ ۚyaʿqilūna | understand | عقل |
| 8 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 9 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | (are) except | — |
| 11 | كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖkal-anʿāmi | like cattle | نعم |
| 12 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 13 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 14 | أَضَلُّaḍallu | (are) more astray | ضلل |
| 15 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | (from the) way | سبل |