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Verse 25of 165

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًۭا ۚ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among them
مَّنman(are those) who
يَسْتَمِعُyastamiʿulisten
إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnābut We have placed
عَلَىٰʿalāover
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
أَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings
أَنanlest
يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it
وَفِىٓwafīand in
ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
وَقْرًۭا ۚwaqrandeafness
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
كُلَّkullaevery
ءَايَةٍۢāyatinsign
لَّاnot
يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūwill they believe
بِهَا ۚbihāin it
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
يُجَـٰدِلُونَكَyujādilūnakaand argue with you
يَقُولُyaqūlusay
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّآillābut
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) tales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Polythiests Shall be Questioned About the Shirk They CommittedAbout the polytheists, Allah said:وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعاً(And on the Day when We shall gather them all together,) This is on the Day of Resurrection, when He will ask them about the idols and rivals that they worshipped instead of Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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