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An-Nahl 108

Ayah 108 of 128 · Meccan

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ ١٠٨

Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones alladhīna
  3. طَبَعَAllah has set a sealṭabaʿa
  4. ٱللَّهُAllah has set a seall-lahu
  5. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  6. قُلُوبِهِمۡtheir heartsqulūbihim
  7. وَسَمۡعِهِمۡand their hearingwasamʿihim
  8. وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۖand their sightwa-abṣārihim
  9. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَAnd those wa-ulāika
  10. هُمُthey arehumu
  11. ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَthe heedlessl-ghāfilūna

Tafsir

Those described as being apostates after having faith are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed, so they do not understand the admonition, He has sealed their hearing, so that they do not hear anything that benefits them, and He has sealed their sight, so that they do not see the signs indicating faith. It is they who are unaware of the causes of happiness and wretchedness and of the punishment that Allah has prepared for them.

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