44 Ataamuroonan naasa

اَتَاْمُرُوْنَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ تَتْلُوْنَ الْكِتٰبَ ۭ اَفَلَاتَعْقِلُوْنَ 
أَتَأْمُرُونَ : Do you order  

  ٱلنَّاسَ : the people  
  بِٱلْبِرِّ : the righteousness  
  وَتَنسَوْنَ : and you forget  
  أَنفُسَكُمْ : yourselves,  
  وَأَنتُمْ : while you  
  تَتْلُونَ : you recite  
  ٱلْكِتَٰبَۚ : the Book?  
  أَفَلَا : Then, will not  
  تَعْقِلُونَ : you use reason?

Ataamuroonan naasa bilbirri wa tansawna anfusakum wa antum tatloonal Kitaab; afalaa ta'qiloon

Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?

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