Al-Baqara 2:44
The Cow · ayah 44 of 286
۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Ata/muroona annasa bilbirriwatansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afalataAAqiloon
"Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?"
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"How can you tell people to do what is right and forget to do it yourselves, even though you recite the Scripture? Have you no sense?"
Pickthall (classic)+
"Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Do ye enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget (To practise it) yourselves, and yet ye study the Scripture? Will ye not understand?"