And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 For all practical purposes, since they neither hear nor understand.
ءَا۬عۡجَمِيّٞ(Is it) a foreign (language)āʿ'jamiyyun
وَعَرَبِيّٞۗand an Arabwaʿarabiyyun
قُلۡSayqul
هُوَIt (is)huwa
لِلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
ءَامَنُواْbelieveāmanū
هُدٗىa guidancehudan
وَشِفَآءٞۚand a healingwashifāon
وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
لَا(do) notlā
يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
فِيٓinfī
ءَاذَانِهِمۡtheir earsādhānihim
وَقۡرٞ(is) deafnesswaqrun
وَهُوَand itwahuwa
عَلَيۡهِمۡ(is) for themʿalayhim
عَمًىۚblindnessʿaman
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
يُنَادَوۡنَare being calledyunādawna
مِنfrommin
مَّكَانِۭa placemakānin
بَعِيدٖfarbaʿīdin
Tafsir
Had I revealed this Qur’ān in a language other than that of the Arabs, the disbelievers among them would have said, “Why are its verses not made clear to us so that we can understand them?” Can the Qur’ān be in any language other than Arabic, while the one who brings it is an Arab? O Messenger! Say to these people: For those people who bring faith in Allah and believe in His messengers, the Qur’ān is a guidance from deviance and a cure for the ignorance and its consequences in the hearts. As for those who do not have faith in Allah, their ears are deaf and they are blinded from it so they do not understand it. These people are called from a distant place, so how could they hear the voice of the caller?