Al-Baqarah 2:44 ۞ اتامرون الناس بالبر وتنسون انفسكم وانتم تتلون الكتاب افلا تعقلون ٤٤
۞ أَتَأۡمُرُونَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
بِٱلۡبِرِّ
وَتَنسَوۡنَ
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
وَأَنتُمۡ
تَتۡلُونَ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَۚ
أَفَلَا
تَعۡقِلُونَ
٤٤
Do you preach righteousness and fail to practice it yourselves, although you read the Scripture? Do you not understand?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Do you order righteousness of the people and forget1 yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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