Quran 18:57 — Al-Kahf, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Who could be more wrong than the person who is reminded of his Lord’s messages and turns his back on them, ignoring what his hands are storing up for him [in the Hereafter]? We have put covers over their hearts, so they cannot understand the Quran, and We put heaviness in their ears: although you call them to guidance [Prophet] they will never accept it.
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ ۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۖ وَإِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُوا إِذًا أَبَدًا
waman aẓlamu mimman dhukkira biāyāti rabbihi fa-aʿraḍa ʿanhā wanasiya mā qaddamat yadāhu innā jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqran wa-in tadʿuhum ilā l-hudā falan yahtadū idhan abadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And who does greater evil than he who, being reminded of the signs of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets what his hands have forwarded? Surely We have laid veils on their hearts lest they understand it, and in their ears heaviness; and though thou callest them to the guidance, yet they will not be guided ever.
- Muhammad Asad
- And who could be more wicked than he to whom his Sustainer's messages are conveyed and who thereupon turns away from them, forgetting all [the evil] that his hands may have wrought? Behold, over their hearts have We laid veils which prevent them from grasping the truth, and into their ears, deafness; and though thou call them onto the right path, they will never allow themselves to be guided.
- Sahih International
- And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 2 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more wrong | ظلم |
| 3 | مِمَّنmimman | than (he) who | — |
| 4 | ذُكِّرَdhukkira | is reminded | ذكر |
| 5 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | of the Verses | أيي |
| 6 | رَبِّهِۦrabbihi | (of) his Lord | ربب |
| 7 | فَأَعْرَضَfa-aʿraḍa | but turns away | عرض |
| 8 | عَنْهَاʿanhā | from them | — |
| 9 | وَنَسِىَwanasiya | and forgets | نسي |
| 10 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 11 | قَدَّمَتْqaddamat | have sent forth | قدم |
| 12 | يَدَاهُ ۚyadāhu | his hands | يدي |
| 13 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 14 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | [We] have placed | جعل |
| 15 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 16 | قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 17 | أَكِنَّةًakinnatan | coverings | كنن |
| 18 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 19 | يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhu | they understand it | فقه |
| 20 | وَفِىٓwafī | and in | — |
| 21 | ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihim | their ears | أذن |
| 22 | وَقْرًۭا ۖwaqran | (is) deafness | وقر |
| 23 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 24 | تَدْعُهُمْtadʿuhum | you call them | دعو |
| 25 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 26 | ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 27 | فَلَنfalan | then never | — |
| 28 | يَهْتَدُوٓا۟yahtadū | they will be guided | هدي |
| 29 | إِذًاidhan | then | — |
| 30 | أَبَدًۭاabadan | ever | أبد |