سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 44
۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Enjoin you Al-Birr (piety and righteousness and each and every act of obedience to Allâh) on the people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves, while you recite the Scripture [the Taurât (Torah)]! Have you then no sense?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ
atamurūna
Do you order
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
[the] people
بِٱلْبِرِّ
bil-biri
[the] righteousness
وَتَنسَوْنَ
watansawna
and you forget
أَنفُسَكُمْ
anfusakum
yourselves
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَتْلُونَ
tatlūna
[you] recite
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ
l-kitāba
the Book
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then, will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use reason
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
