Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 44
۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
Al-Baqarah · 2:44
Word by word
- ۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَatamurūnaDo you order
- ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people
- بِٱلْبِرِّbil-biri[the] righteousness
- وَتَنسَوْنَwatansawnaand you forget
- أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
- تَتْلُونَtatlūna[you] recite
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚl-kitābathe Book
- أَفَلَاafalāThen, will not
- تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use reason
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