Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 223 (26:223)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَٰذِبُونَ

Quran 26:223 is ayah 223 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 376 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:223
يُلْقُونَٱلسَّمْعَوَأَكْثَرُهُمْكَٰذِبُونَ٢٢٣
yul'qūna l-samʿa wa-aktharuhum kādhibūna

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.(223)

Word by word

  1. يُلْقُونَyul'qūnaThey pass on
  2. ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(what is) heard
  3. وَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumand most of them
  4. كَٰذِبُونَkādhibūna(are) liars

Tafsir (commentary) of 26:223

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 26:221–227 together.

Read the English tafsir of 26:221–227 →

Read the full Surah Ash-Shu'ara