Quran 61:2 — As-Saff, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You who believe, why do you say things and then do not do them?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū lima taqūlūna mā lā tafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O you who believe, wherefore do you say what you do not?
- Muhammad Asad
- O YOU who have attained to faith! Why do you say one thing and do another?
- Sahih International
- O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (you) who | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 4 | لِمَlima | Why | — |
| 5 | تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna | (do) you say | قول |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | تَفْعَلُونَtafʿalūna | you do | فعل |