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Al-Isra 46

Ayah 46 of 111 · Meccan

وَجَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرۡتَ رَبَّكَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَحۡدَهُۥ وَلَّوۡاْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَٰرِهِمۡ نُفُورٗا ٤٦

And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَجَعَلۡنَاAnd We have placedwajaʿalnā
  2. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  3. قُلُوبِهِمۡtheir heartsqulūbihim
  4. أَكِنَّةًcoveringsakinnatan
  5. أَنlestan
  6. يَفۡقَهُوهُthey understand ityafqahūhu
  7. وَفِيٓand inwafī
  8. ءَاذَانِهِمۡtheir earsādhānihim
  9. وَقۡرٗاۚdeafnesswaqran
  10. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  11. ذَكَرۡتَyou mentiondhakarta
  12. رَبَّكَyour Lordrabbaka
  13. فِيinfī
  14. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِthe Quranl-qur'āni
  15. وَحۡدَهُۥAlonewaḥdahu
  16. وَلَّوۡاْthey turnwallaw
  17. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  18. أَدۡبَٰرِهِمۡtheir backsadbārihim
  19. نُفُورٗا(in) aversionnufūran

Tafsir

I have put covers on their hearts so that they cannot understand the Qur’ān, and heaviness in their ears so that they cannot listen to it in a beneficial manner. When you mention your Lord in the Qur’ān alone, and you do not mention their so-called gods, they turn on their heels being far away from accepting Allah’s pure Oneness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran