Quran-8:21 Surah Al-anfal English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa laa takoonoo kallazeena qaaloo sami'naa wa hum laa yasma'oon )

21. And be not like those who say: "We hear" and they hear not [45]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(21) And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear. (Saheen International Translation)

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Surah Al-Anfal Ayat 21 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

45. This is like the hypocrites who would verbally say to the Messenger of Allah we have hard it, but they would.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Al-Anfal verse 21 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anfal ayat 20 which provides the complete commentary from verse 21 through 23.

(8:21) And do not be like those who say: ‘We hear’, though they do not hearken.[16]

Ala-Maududi

(8:21) And do not be like those who say: ‘We hear’, though they do not hearken.[16]


16. In the present context, ‘hearing’ means taking heed with a view to obey’. The verse alludes to those hypocrites who professed to believe and yet were not willing to carry out the commands of God.

(21) And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.

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