The Cow 2:44

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Arabic English Morphology
Do you order V
[the] people Noun
[the] righteousness Noun
and you forget V
yourselves Noun
while you Noun
[you] recite V
the Book Noun
Then, will not Prep
you use reason V

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

۞ أَتَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبِرِّ وَتَنسَوۡنَ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ تَتۡلُونَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ۝٤٤

atamurūna l-nāsa bil-biri watansawna anfusakum wa-antum tatlūna l-kitāba afalā taʿqilūn