Surah 26 · verse 223
Ash-Shu'ara 26:223
Sign in to listenيُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
yulqun as-sam' wa-aktharhum kadhibun
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Verse 221هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
Verse 222تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ
They descend upon every sinful liar.
يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ
And the poets - [only] the deviators follow them;
Verse 225أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
Do you not see that in every valley they roam
Verse 226وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ
And that they say what they do not do? -
