Quran 2:88 — Al-Baqara, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They say, ‘Our hearts are impenetrably wrapped [against whatever you say],’ but God has rejected them for their disbelief: they have little faith.
وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ ۚ بَلْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا مَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
waqālū qulūbunā ghul'fun bal laʿanahumu l-lahu bikuf'rihim faqalīlan mā yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they say, 'Our hearts are uncircumcised.' Nay, but God has cursed them for their unbelief; little will they believe.
- Muhammad Asad
- But they say, "Our hearts are already full of knowledge." Nay, but God has rejected them because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth: for, few are the things in which they believe.
- Sahih International
- And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allāh has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they said | قول |
| 2 | قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunā | Our hearts | قلب |
| 3 | غُلْفٌۢ ۚghul'fun | (are) wrapped | غلف |
| 4 | بَلbal | Nay | — |
| 5 | لَّعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumu | has cursed them | لعن |
| 6 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 7 | بِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihim | for their disbelief | كفر |
| 8 | فَقَلِيلًۭاfaqalīlan | so little | قلل |
| 9 | مَّاmā | (is) what | — |
| 10 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | they believe | أمن |