Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allāh. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.
كَٱلۡحِجَارَةِ(became) like [the] stoneskal-ḥijārati
أَوۡoraw
أَشَدُّstrongerashaddu
قَسۡوَةٗۚ(in) hardnessqaswatan
وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
مِنَfrommina
ٱلۡحِجَارَةِthe stonesl-ḥijārati
لَمَاcertainly (there are some) whichlamā
يَتَفَجَّرُgush forthyatafajjaru
مِنۡهُfrom itmin'hu
ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ[the] riversl-anhāru
وَإِنَّand indeedwa-inna
مِنۡهَاfrom themmin'hā
لَمَاcertainly (there are some) whichlamā
يَشَّقَّقُsplityashaqqaqu
فَيَخۡرُجُso comes outfayakhruju
مِنۡهُfrom itmin'hu
ٱلۡمَآءُۚ[the] waterl-māu
وَإِنَّand indeedwa-inna
مِنۡهَاfrom themmin'hā
لَمَاcertainly (there are some) whichlamā
يَهۡبِطُfall downyahbiṭu
مِنۡfrommin
خَشۡيَةِfearkhashyati
ٱللَّهِۗ(of) Allahl-lahi
وَمَاAnd notwamā
ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
بِغَٰفِلٍunawarebighāfilin
عَمَّاof whatʿammā
تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna
Tafsir
Their hearts became hard after these great lessons and incredible miracles, until they became like rocks, and even harder than rocks, because they never changed, whereas rocks change and transform. Rivers spring from some rocks, and some split, and water comes out of them, gushing and flowing on the earth, benefitting people and animals. And some rocks fall from the heights of the mountains in awe of Allah. But their hearts were not like that. Allah is not unaware of anything we do, but knows everything, and will hold us to account for it.