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Surah Ash-Shu’ara Ayat 226 in Arabic Text

وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
Wa annahum yaqooloona ma laa yaf’aloon

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 226

Sahih International
And that they say what they do not do? –

Yusuf Ali
And that they say what they practise not?-

Abul Ala Maududi
and say things which they do not act upon,

Muhsin Khan
And that they say what they do not do.

Pickthall
And how they say that which they do not?

Dr. Ghali
And that they say what they do not perform?

Abdel Haleem
how they say what they do not do?

Muhammad Junagarhi
اور وه کہتے ہیں جو کرتے نہیں

Quran 26 Verse 226 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Ash-Shu’ara ayat 226, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(26:226) and say things which they do not act upon,[144]


144. Here those poets have made an exception from the general reproach, who possess the following four characteristics:

(1) They should be believers in Allah, His Prophets, His Books and the Hereafter.

(2) They should be pious in practical life and not sinners, nor free from moral restrictions to say whatever they like.

(3) They should be remembering Allah much in their day to day lives as well as in their literary work. It should not be so that their personal lives reflect God consciousness and piety, but their poetry is replete with themes of debauchery and lusts of the flesh, or that their poetry is full of serious themes of wisdom and God consciousness, but their personal lives are devoid of any trace of the remembrance of Allah. As a matter of fact, both these states are equally despicable. A good poet is he who is God conscious in his personal life and whose poetic talent and skills also are devoted to the advancement of the way of life followed by the God conscious, God fearing and God worshiping people.

(4) They should not satirize others for personal reasons, nor take vengeance on others on account of personal, racial and national prejudices, but when they are required to support the truth, they should use their literary powers like weapons of war against the unjust and treacherous people. It does not behoove the believers to adopt a humble, supplicating attitude against injustice and oppression. Traditions show that when the unbelieving and mushrik poets raised a storm of false accusations against Islam and the Prophet (peace be upon him) and spread the poison of hatred against the Muslims, the Prophet (peace be upon him) urged and encouraged the poets of Islam to counter attack them. Once he said to Kaab bin Malik: Satirize them, for, I swear by God in Whose hand is my soul, your verse will be more effective and damaging for them than the arrow. Likewise he said to Hassan bin Thabit: Deal with them and Gabriel is with you. And: Say and the Holy Spirit is with you. (This statement should be taken as when Hassan bin Thabit would say his poetry to refute the poetry of the disbelievers, Allah’s help will be with him and an angel (Gabriel) will stand next to him and refute along with him). Once he said: The believer fights with the sword as well as with the tongue.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Ash-Shura verse 226 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Shura ayat 221 which provides the complete commentary from verse 222 through 227.

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