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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ﴿٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

Word-by-word meaning

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
لَعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumuAllah has cursed them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has cursed them
فَأَصَمَّهُمْfa-aṣammahumso He made them deaf
وَأَعْمَىٰٓwa-aʿmāand blinded
أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْabṣārahumtheir vision

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Situation of the True Believer and the Sick-Hearted when the Command for Jihad was revealedAllah mentions that the believers were hoping that Jihad would be legislated. But when Allah ordained it, many of the people turned back, as Allah says,أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ وَءَاتُواْ الزَّكَوةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا ل...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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