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Al-Mutaffifin 14

Ayah 14 of 36 · Meccan

كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., their sins.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كـَلَّاۖNaykallā
  2. بَلۡۜButbal
  3. رَانَ(the) stain has coveredrāna
  4. عَلَىٰ[over]ʿalā
  5. قُلُوبِهِمtheir heartsqulūbihim
  6. مَّا(for) whatmā
  7. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  8. يَكۡسِبُونَearnyaksibūna

Tafsir

The matter is not as these deniers thought. Instead, the sins they used to commit has dominated and covered their minds and they therefore have not seen the truth with their hearts.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran