Quran 4:155 — An-Nisaa, verse 155
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And so for breaking their pledge, for rejecting God’s revelations, for unjustly killing their prophets, for saying ‘Our minds are closed’- No! God has sealed them in their disbelief, so they believe only a little-
فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ ۚ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
fabimā naqḍihim mīthāqahum wakuf'rihim biāyāti l-lahi waqatlihimu l-anbiyāa bighayri ḥaqqin waqawlihim qulūbunā ghul'fun bal ṭabaʿa l-lahu ʿalayhā bikuf'rihim falā yu'minūna illā qalīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, for their breaking the compact, and disbelieving in the signs of God, and slaying the Prophets without right, and for their saying, 'Our hearts are uncircumcised' -- nay, but God sealed them for their unbelief, so they believe not, except a few --
- Muhammad Asad
- And so, [We punished them] for the breaking of their pledge, and their refusal to acknowledge God's messages, and their slaying of prophets against all right, and their boast, "Our hearts are already full of knowledge"- nay, but God has sealed their hearts in result of their denial of the truth, and [now] they believe in but few things -;
- Sahih International
- And [We cursed them] for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs of Allāh and their killing of the prophets without right and their saying, "Our hearts are wrapped" [i.e., sealed against reception]. Rather, Allāh has sealed them because of their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَبِمَاfabimā | Then because of | — |
| 2 | نَقْضِهِمnaqḍihim | their breaking | نقض |
| 3 | مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْmīthāqahum | (of) their covenant | وثق |
| 4 | وَكُفْرِهِمwakuf'rihim | and their disbelief | كفر |
| 5 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | in (the) Signs | أيي |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَقَتْلِهِمُwaqatlihimu | and their killing | قتل |
| 8 | ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāa | (of) the Prophets | نبأ |
| 9 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 10 | حَقٍّۢḥaqqin | any right | حقق |
| 11 | وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihim | and their saying | قول |
| 12 | قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunā | Our hearts | قلب |
| 13 | غُلْفٌۢ ۚghul'fun | (are) wrapped | غلف |
| 14 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 15 | طَبَعَṭabaʿa | (has) set a seal | طبع |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 17 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | on their (hearts) | — |
| 18 | بِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihim | for their disbelief | كفر |
| 19 | فَلَاfalā | so not | — |
| 20 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | they believe | أمن |
| 21 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 22 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a few | قلل |