Quran 17:46 — Al-Israa, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have put covers on their hearts that prevent them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. When you mention your Lord in the Quran, and Him alone, they turn their backs and run away.
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُورًا
wajaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqran wa-idhā dhakarta rabbaka fī l-qur'āni waḥdahu wallaw ʿalā adbārihim nufūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We lay veils upon their hearts lest they understand it, and in their ears heaviness. And when thou mentionest thy Lord only in the Koran, they turn in their traces in aversion.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, over their hearts We have laid veils which prevent them from grasping its purport, and into their ears, deafness. And so, whenever thou dost mention, while reciting the Qur'an, thy Sustainer as the one and only Divine Being, they turn their backs [upon thee] in aversion.
- Sahih International
- And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’ān, they turn back in aversion.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We have placed | جعل |
| 2 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 3 | قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 4 | أَكِنَّةًakinnatan | coverings | كنن |
| 5 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 6 | يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhu | they understand it | فقه |
| 7 | وَفِىٓwafī | and in | — |
| 8 | ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihim | their ears | أذن |
| 9 | وَقْرًۭا ۚwaqran | deafness | وقر |
| 10 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 11 | ذَكَرْتَdhakarta | you mention | ذكر |
| 12 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni | the Quran | قرأ |
| 15 | وَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahu | Alone | وحد |
| 16 | وَلَّوْا۟wallaw | they turn | ولي |
| 17 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 18 | أَدْبَـٰرِهِمْadbārihim | their backs | دبر |
| 19 | نُفُورًۭاnufūran | (in) aversion | نفر |