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8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 22

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اِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَٓابِّ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna sharra addawabbi AAindaAllahi assummu albukmu allatheena layaAAqiloon

The worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are the deaf and dumb who have no intellect.

  • Progressive Muslims

    The worst creatures with God are the deaf and dumb who do not understand.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The worst of creations in the Sight of Allah are those deaf, those dumb who do not use their intellect (2:18), (16:76).

  • Sam Gerrans

    The worst of beasts in the sight of God are the deaf, the dumb — those who do not reason.

  • The Monotheist Group

    The worst creatures with God are the deaf and dumb who do not comprehend.

  • Edip-Layth

    The worst creatures with God are the deaf and dumb who do not reason.

  • Aisha Bewley

    The worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are the deaf and dumb who have no intellect.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    The worst creatures in the sight of GOD are the deaf and dumb, who do not understand.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The worst of creatures in the eyes of God are those who are deaf and dumb and devoid of sense.

  • Sahih International

    Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.

  • Muhammad Asad

    Verily, the vilest of all creatures in the sight of God are those deaf, those dumb ones who do not use their reason.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who have no sense.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Indeed, the worst creatures in Allah's sight are the deaf and dumb who are unwilling to hear nor heed.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The worse kind of [so called humans who have turned themselves into] animals are those who are deaf [when they hear the truth] and blind [preferring not to see the truth] and do not think.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily! The worst of (moving) living creatures with Allâh are the deaf and the dumb, who understand not (i.e. the disbelievers).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb,- those who understand not.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Indeed, the worst of all beings in the sight of Allah are the ˹wilfully˺ deaf and dumb, who do not understand.[1]

  • Taqi Usmani

    Surely, the worst of all animals in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb who do not understand.

  • Abdul Haleem

    the worst creatures in God’s eyes are those who are [wilfully] deaf and dumb, who do not reason.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Surely the worst of beasts in God's sight are those that are deaf and dumb and do not understand.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, the worst of beasts in God's sight are the deaf, the dumb who do not understand.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Verily, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf, the dumb who understand not.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely the evilest of beasts in the Meeting with Allah are the deaf, the dumb, who do not consider.

  • George Sale

    Surely, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb, who have no sense.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Verily, in the sight of Allah, the worst of the animals are the deaf and dumb, those who do not understand, (the disbelievers).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Surely, the worst of animal that walk or crawl in the sight of Allâh are those that are deaf and dumb and who are devoid of understanding.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed the worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are the deaf and the dumb who do not apply reason.