Surat Ash-Shu‘ara’ Verse No. 223: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 223 from Surah Ash-Shu‘ara’ : Number of verses 227 - - page 376 - Part 19.
﴾يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ ﴿
[ الشعراء: 223]
Who gives ear (to the devils and they pour what they may have heard of the unseen from the angels), and most of them are liars.
English - Sahih International
They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(26:223) they whisper hearsay into ears, and most of them are liars. *141
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*141) This may have two meanings: (1) The satans somehow get a little hint of the truth and inspire their agents with it, mixing it with all kinds of falsehood; and (2) the deceitful, unscrupulous sorcerers hear something from the satans and then mixing it with falsehood, whisper it into the people's ears. This has been explained in a Tradition which Bukhari has quoted on the authority of Hadrat 'A'ishah. She says that when some people asked the Holy Prophet about sorcerers, he replied that they were nothing. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, they, sometimes, tell the right thing" The Holy Prophet answered, "That right thing is overheard by the jinns who whisper it into their friend's ear, who concocts a story by mixing a lot of falsehood in it."
Source : Ash-Shu‘ara’ Verse 223: They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.