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Muhammad 16

Ayah 16 of 38 · Medinan

وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ١٦

And among them, [O Muḥammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge,1 "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allāh has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From among the Prophet's companions.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡهُمAnd among themwamin'hum
  2. مَّن(are some) whoman
  3. يَسۡتَمِعُlistenyastamiʿu
  4. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  5. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  6. إِذَاwhenidhā
  7. خَرَجُواْthey departkharajū
  8. مِنۡfrommin
  9. عِندِكَyouʿindika
  10. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  11. لِلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  12. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  13. ٱلۡعِلۡمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma
  14. مَاذَاWhatmādhā
  15. قَالَ(has) he saidqāla
  16. ءَانِفًاۚjust nowānifan
  17. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThose ulāika
  18. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the onesalladhīna
  19. طَبَعَAllah has set a sealṭabaʿa
  20. ٱللَّهُAllah has set a seall-lahu
  21. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  22. قُلُوبِهِمۡtheir heartsqulūbihim
  23. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْand they followwa-ittabaʿū
  24. أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡtheir desiresahwāahum

Tafsir

Some of the hypocrites listen to you, O Messenger, but without acceptance and instead turn away, until when they leave your presence they say to those whom Allah had given knowledge: ‘What did he say in his talk just now?’ pretending to be ignorant and turning away. They are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed, and thus no good reaches it, and they follow their desires, which have made them blind to the truth.

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