سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ
Surah Al-Anfaal (8) — Ayah 22
۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Verily! The worst of (moving) living creatures with Allâh are the deaf and the dumb, who understand not (i.e. the disbelievers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
شَرَّ
sharra
worst
ٱلدَّوَآبِّ
l-dawābi
(of) the living creatures
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلصُّمُّ
l-ṣumu
(are) the deaf
ٱلْبُكْمُ
l-buk'mu
the dumb
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
use (their) intellect
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
{اِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَآبِّ …: ’’ الدَّوَآبِّ ‘‘ ’’دَابَّةٌ‘‘} is the plural of {’’ دَبَّ يَدِبُّ (ض)‘‘}, which means to walk on the earth. Man is counted among {’’ الدَّوَآبِّ ‘‘} because, in the lexicons, every living being is called dabbah. In Misbah, it is stated that {’’دَابَّةٌ‘‘} is every living being on earth, whether it has understanding or not, that is, disbelievers and hypocrites who neither listen to good things with their ears, nor speak good things with their tongues, nor use the intellect given by Allah—they are, in the sight of Allah, worse than all animals, because animals live according to their natural instincts, and these people were created for worship, yet they do not fulfill this purpose. Here, first deafness is mentioned, then muteness, because after hearing the truth, it is supported and conveyed by the tongue; then lack of intellect is mentioned, because some deaf and mute people understand and accept the truth with their intellect, but these people lack all three things. See Surah Al-A'raf (179) and Al-Furqan (44).
