Quran 6:46 — Al-An'aam, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘Think: if God were to take away your hearing and your sight and seal up your hearts, what god other than He could restore them?’ See how We explain Our revelations in various ways, yet still they turn away.
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمْ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ ۗ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ
qul ara-aytum in akhadha l-lahu samʿakum wa-abṣārakum wakhatama ʿalā qulūbikum man ilāhun ghayru l-lahi yatīkum bihi unẓur kayfa nuṣarrifu l-āyāti thumma hum yaṣdifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If God seizes your hearing and sight, and sets a seal upon your hearts, who is a god other than God to give it back to you?' Behold how We turn about the signs! Yet thereafter they are turning away.
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "What do you think? If God should take away your hearing and your sight and seal your hearts - what deity but God is there that could bring it all back to you?" Behold how many facets we give to our messages-and yet they turn away in disdain!
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allāh could bring them [back] to you?" Look how We diversify the verses; then they [still] turn away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَخَذَakhadha | took away | أخذ |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 6 | سَمْعَكُمْsamʿakum | your hearing | سمع |
| 7 | وَأَبْصَـٰرَكُمْwa-abṣārakum | and your sight | بصر |
| 8 | وَخَتَمَwakhatama | and sealed | ختم |
| 9 | عَلَىٰʿalā | [on] | — |
| 10 | قُلُوبِكُمqulūbikum | your hearts | قلب |
| 11 | مَّنْman | who | — |
| 12 | إِلَـٰهٌilāhun | (is the) god | أله |
| 13 | غَيْرُghayru | other than | غير |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 15 | يَأْتِيكُمyatīkum | to bring [back] to you | أتي |
| 16 | بِهِ ۗbihi | with it | — |
| 17 | ٱنظُرْunẓur | See | نظر |
| 18 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 19 | نُصَرِّفُnuṣarrifu | We explain | صرف |
| 20 | ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti | the Signs | أيي |
| 21 | ثُمَّthumma | yet | — |
| 22 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 23 | يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūna | turn away | صدف |