Quran 18:101 — Al-Kahf, verse 101
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those whose eyes were blind to My signs, those who were unable to hear.
الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا
alladhīna kānat aʿyunuhum fī ghiṭāin ʿan dhik'rī wakānū lā yastaṭīʿūna samʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- whose eyes were covered against My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.
- Muhammad Asad
- those whose eyes had been veiled against any remembrance of Me because they could not bear to listen [to the voice of truth]!
- Sahih International
- Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those | — |
| 2 | كَانَتْkānat | had been | كون |
| 3 | أَعْيُنُهُمْaʿyunuhum | their eyes | عين |
| 4 | فِىfī | within | — |
| 5 | غِطَآءٍghiṭāin | a cover | غطو |
| 6 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 7 | ذِكْرِىdhik'rī | My remembrance | ذكر |
| 8 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and were | كون |
| 9 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 10 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | able | طوع |
| 11 | سَمْعًاsamʿan | (to) hear | سمع |