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Al-A'raf 179

Ayah 179 of 206 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡيُنٞ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ ءَاذَانٞ لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ ١٧٩

And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray.1 It is they who are the heedless.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The reference is to their inability (i.e., refusal) to think and reason, while blindly following (as they are accustomed).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. ذَرَأۡنَاWe have createddharanā
  3. لِجَهَنَّمَfor Helllijahannama
  4. كَثِيرٗاmanykathīran
  5. مِّنَofmina
  6. ٱلۡجِنِّthe jinnl-jini
  7. وَٱلۡإِنسِۖand menwal-insi
  8. لَهُمۡFor themlahum
  9. قُلُوبٞ(are) heartsqulūbun
  10. لَّا(but) notlā
  11. يَفۡقَهُونَthey understandyafqahūna
  12. بِهَاwith thembihā
  13. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  14. أَعۡيُنٞ(are) eyesaʿyunun
  15. لَّا(but) notlā
  16. يُبۡصِرُونَthey seeyub'ṣirūna
  17. بِهَاwith thembihā
  18. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  19. ءَاذَانٞ(are) earsādhānun
  20. لَّا(but) notlā
  21. يَسۡمَعُونَthey hearyasmaʿūna
  22. بِهَآۚwith thembihā
  23. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  24. كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ(are) like cattlekal-anʿāmi
  25. بَلۡnaybal
  26. هُمۡtheyhum
  27. أَضَلُّۚ(are) more astrayaḍallu
  28. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThose ulāika
  29. هُمُtheyhumu
  30. ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ(are) the heedlessl-ghāfilūna

Tafsir

And I made for the Hellfire, many people from Humankind and the Jinn, because of My Knowledge that they would do the actions of the people of Hell. They have hearts by which they do not understand what will benefit them and what will harm them; eyes which they do not use to see the signs of Allah within themselves and upon the horizons, so that they can learn from them; and they have ears which they do not use to listen to the verses of Allah, so that they might reflect over them. Such people resemble cattle in their lack of sense – rather, they are even more astray. They are oblivious to faith in Allah and the Last day.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran