Nor permit yourselves to be like those -the hypocrites- who pretended to

﴿وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ﴾
[الأنفَال: 21]

Nor permit yourselves to be like those -the hypocrites- who pretended to have listened faithfully to the truth and pretended to abide by it when in fact they counselled deaf and closed their hearts' ears to discourses on practical divinity; there is speed in their dumbness

﴿ولا تكونوا كالذين قالوا سمعنا وهم لا يسمعون﴾ [الأنفَال: 21]

Dr Kamal Omar
And be not like those who said: “We have heard,” although they: they do not listen

Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
And be not like those who said: We heard, when they hear not

Dr Munir Munshey
Do not be like those who say, "We heard" even though they do not listen

Edward Henry Palmer
and be not like those who say, 'We hear,' and yet they hear not

Farook Malik
Do not be like those who say: "We hear," but give no heed to what they hear

George Sale
And be not like those who say, 'We hear,' but they hear not

Maududi
And do not be like those who say: ´We hear´, though they do not hearken