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Quran 16:108An-Nahl, verse 108

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

These are people whose hearts, hearing, and sight have been closed off by God: they are heedless,

أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

ulāika alladhīna ṭabaʿa l-lahu ʿalā qulūbihim wasamʿihim wa-abṣārihim wa-ulāika humu l-ghāfilūna

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Word-by-word analysis of An-Nahl verse 108
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1أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
3طَبَعَṭabaʿaAllah has set a sealطبع
4ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has set a sealأله
5عَلَىٰʿalāover
6قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir heartsقلب
7وَسَمْعِهِمْwasamʿihimand their hearingسمع
8وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۖwa-abṣārihimand their sightبصر
9وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
10هُمُhumuthey are
11ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūnathe heedlessغفل