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Al-An'am 46

Ayah 46 of 165 · Meccan

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ سَمۡعَكُمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرَكُمۡ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُم مَّنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِهِۗ ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ ثُمَّ هُمۡ يَصۡدِفُونَ ٤٦

Say, "Have you considered:1 if Allāh should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allāh could bring them [back] to you?" Look how We diversify2 the verses; then they [still] turn away.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to verse 40.

2 Repeat in various ways for emphasis and clarification.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. أَرَءَيۡتُمۡHave you seenara-aytum
  3. إِنۡifin
  4. أَخَذَtook awayakhadha
  5. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  6. سَمۡعَكُمۡyour hearingsamʿakum
  7. وَأَبۡصَٰرَكُمۡand your sightwa-abṣārakum
  8. وَخَتَمَand sealedwakhatama
  9. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  10. قُلُوبِكُمyour heartsqulūbikum
  11. مَّنۡwhoman
  12. إِلَٰهٌ(is the) godilāhun
  13. غَيۡرُother thanghayru
  14. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  15. يَأۡتِيكُمto bring [back] to youyatīkum
  16. بِهِۗwith itbihi
  17. ٱنظُرۡSeeunẓur
  18. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  19. نُصَرِّفُWe explainnuṣarrifu
  20. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  21. ثُمَّyetthumma
  22. هُمۡtheyhum
  23. يَصۡدِفُونَturn awayyaṣdifūna

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me, if Allah has to make you deaf by taking away your hearing, make you blind by taking away your sight, and seal your hearts so that you do not understand anything, what other being deserving worship is there that will bring all of these back to you? Think, O Messenger, about how we explain the evidence to them in various ways, yet they still turn away from it.

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