Quran 22:46 — Al-Hajj, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have these people [of Mecca] not travelled through the land with hearts to understand and ears to hear? It is not people’s eyes that are blind, but their hearts within their breasts.
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَـٰكِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ
afalam yasīrū fī l-arḍi fatakūna lahum qulūbun yaʿqilūna bihā aw ādhānun yasmaʿūna bihā fa-innahā lā taʿmā l-abṣāru walākin taʿmā l-qulūbu allatī fī l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, have they not journeyed in the land so that they have hearts to understand with or ears to hear with? It is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts within the breasts.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, then, never journeyed about the earth, letting their hearts gain wisdom, and causing their ears to hear? Yet, verily, it is not their eyes that have become blind - but blind have become the hearts that are in their breasts!
- Sahih International
- So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَلَمْafalam | So have not | — |
| 2 | يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrū | they traveled | سير |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 5 | فَتَكُونَfatakūna | and is | كون |
| 6 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 7 | قُلُوبٌۭqulūbun | hearts | قلب |
| 8 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | (to) reason | عقل |
| 9 | بِهَآbihā | with it | — |
| 10 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 11 | ءَاذَانٌۭādhānun | ears | أذن |
| 12 | يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna | (to) hear | سمع |
| 13 | بِهَا ۖbihā | with it | — |
| 14 | فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahā | For indeed, [it] | — |
| 15 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 16 | تَعْمَىtaʿmā | (are) blinded | عمي |
| 17 | ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāru | the eyes | بصر |
| 18 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 19 | تَعْمَىtaʿmā | (are) blinded | عمي |
| 20 | ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbu | the hearts | قلب |
| 21 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 22 | فِىfī | (are) in | — |
| 23 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | the breasts | صدر |