O you Whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues:

﴿يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ﴾
[الصَّف: 2]

O you Whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues: why do you say and state in words, or resolve to act, or promise to do, what you do not do or duly perform

﴿ياأيها الذين آمنوا لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون﴾ [الصَّف: 2]

Dr Kamal Omar
O you who have Believed! Why do you utter which you do not practice

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
O those who believed! Why say you what you accomplish not

Dr Munir Munshey
Oh you who believe, why do you say that which you do not (intend to) do

Edward Henry Palmer
O ye who believe! say not what ye do not

Farook Malik
O believers! Why do you say something which you don’t do

George Sale
O true believers, why do ye say that which ye do not

Maududi
Believers, why do you profess that which you do not practise