Al-Furqán 25:44 ام تحسب ان اكثرهم يسمعون او يعقلون ان هم الا كالانعام بل هم اضل سبيلا ٤٤
أَمۡ
تَحۡسَبُ
أَنَّ
أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ
يَسۡمَعُونَ
أَوۡ
يَعۡقِلُونَۚ
إِنۡ
هُمۡ
إِلَّا
كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ
بَلۡ
هُمۡ
أَضَلُّ
سَبِيلًا
٤٤
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock.1 Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
— Saheeh International
Or do you think that most of them listen or understand?1 They are only like cattle—no, more than that, they are astray from the ˹Right˺ Way!2
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger
Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً
(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which means
…How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger
Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,
وَإِذَا رَآ
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