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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

Verse 26of 35

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًۭا وَأَبْصَٰرًۭا وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ﴿٢٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allah; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
فِيمَآfīmāin what
إِنinnot
مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْmakkannākumWe have established you
فِيهِfīhiin it
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سَمْعًۭاsamʿanhearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭاwa-abṣāranand vision
وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭwa-afidatanand hearts
فَمَآfamāBut not
أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
وَلَآwalāand not
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir vision
وَلَآwalāand not
أَفْـِٔدَتُهُمafidatuhumtheir hearts
مِّنminany
شَىْءٍshayinthing
إِذْidhwhen
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnarejecting
بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
بِهِمbihimthem
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
بِهِۦbihi[at it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnaridicule

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَأَبْصَـراً وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَـرُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُواْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ(We also gave them hearing, vision, and hearts.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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