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Verse 5of 54

وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍۢ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌۭ وَمِنۢ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌۭ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَٰمِلُونَ﴿٥﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunāOur hearts
فِىٓfī(are) in
أَكِنَّةٍۢakinnatincoverings
مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
وَفِىٓwafīand in
ءَاذَانِنَاādhānināour ears
وَقْرٌۭwaqrun(is) deafness
وَمِنۢwaminand between us
بَيْنِنَاbaynināand between us
وَبَيْنِكَwabaynikaand between you
حِجَابٌۭḥijābun(is) a screen
فَٱعْمَلْfa-iʿ'malSo work
إِنَّنَاinnanāindeed, we
عَـٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna(are) working

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Description of the Qur'an, and what Those Who turn away from it say.حـم - تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (Ha Mim. A revelation from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.) means, the Qur'an is revealed from the Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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