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Quran 71:7Nooh, verse 7

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

every time I call them, so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, cover their heads with their garments, persist in their rejection, and grow more insolent and arrogant.

وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا

wa-innī kullamā daʿawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaʿalū aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim wa-is'taghshaw thiyābahum wa-aṣarrū wa-is'takbarū is'tik'bāran

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Word-by-word analysis of Nooh verse 7
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1وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
2كُلَّمَاkullamāevery timeكلل
3دَعَوْتُهُمْdaʿawtuhumI invited themدعو
4لِتَغْفِرَlitaghfirathat You may forgiveغفر
5لَهُمْlahumthem
6جَعَلُوٓا۟jaʿalūthey putجعل
7أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingersصبع
8فِىٓin
9ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir earsأذن
10وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟wa-is'taghshawand covered themselvesغشو
11ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garmentsثوب
12وَأَصَرُّوا۟wa-aṣarrūand persistedصرر
13وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand were arrogantكبر
14ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭاis'tik'bāran(with) prideكبر