Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 44 (25:44)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ …

Quran 25:44 is ayah 44 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 364 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:44
أَمْتَحْسَبُأَنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْيَسْمَعُونَأَوْيَعْقِلُونَ ۚإِنْهُمْإِلَّاكَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖبَلْهُمْأَضَلُّسَبِيلًا٤٤
am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūna in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlan

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.(44)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. تَحْسَبُtaḥsabudo you think
  3. أَنَّannathat
  4. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
  5. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear
  6. أَوْawor
  7. يَعْقِلُونَ ۚyaʿqilūnaunderstand
  8. إِنْinNot
  9. هُمْhumthey
  10. إِلَّاillā(are) except
  11. كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖkal-anʿāmilike cattle
  12. بَلْbalNay
  13. هُمْhumthey
  14. أَضَلُّaḍallu(are) more astray
  15. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) way

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