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وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُوا۟ مِنْ عِندِكَ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And among them, [O Muhammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge, "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allah has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among them
مَّنman(are some) who
يَسْتَمِعُyastamiʿulisten
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
خَرَجُوا۟kharajūthey depart
مِنْminfrom
عِندِكَʿindikayou
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
مَاذَاmādhāWhat
قَالَqāla(has) he said
ءَانِفًا ۚānifanjust now
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
طَبَعَṭabaʿaAllah has set a seal
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has set a seal
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumtheir desires

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Description of the Situation of the Hypocrites and the Command to maintain Tawhid and seek ForgivenessAllah describes the hypocrites' stupidity and limited understanding. They used to sit before Allah's Messenger ﷺ and listen to his words without understanding anything.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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