إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا فِيٓ أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡ أَغۡلَٰلٗا فَهِيَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَذۡقَانِ فَهُم مُّقۡمَحُونَ ٨
Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
- جَعَلۡنَا[We] have placedjaʿalnā
- فِيٓonfī
- أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡtheir necksaʿnāqihim
- أَغۡلَٰلٗاiron collarsaghlālan
- فَهِيَand theyfahiya
- إِلَى(are up) toilā
- ٱلۡأَذۡقَانِthe chinsl-adhqāni
- فَهُمso theyfahum
- مُّقۡمَحُونَ(are with) heads raised upmuq'maḥūna
Tafsir
These people do not have faith nor are they guided. Their example in this is like those in whose necks iron collars that extend all the way up and whose hands are tied to their necks under their chins. As a result, they are forced to lift their heads to the sky and they are unable to lower them. These people are shackled from having faith in Allah and therefore they do not submit to it and they do not lower their heads on account of it.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran