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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 71of 120

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌۭ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.

Word-by-word meaning

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟waḥasibūAnd they thought
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَكُونَtakūnawill be (for them)
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natuna trial
فَعَمُوا۟faʿamūso they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟waṣammūand they became deaf
ثُمَّthummaThen
تَابَtābaturned
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ثُمَّthummathen (again)
عَمُوا۟ʿamūthey became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟waṣammūand they became deaf
كَثِيرٌۭkathīrunmany
مِّنْهُمْ ۚmin'humof them
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لاَ تَهْوَى أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقاً كَذَّبُواْ وَفَرِيقاً يَقْتُلُونَوَحَسِبُواْ أَلاَّ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُواْ وَصَمُّواْ(Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not - a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed. They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment) so they became blind and deaf.) thinking that they would suffer no repercussions for of the evil that they committed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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