Quran 9:127 — At-Tawba, verse 127
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Whenever a sura is revealed, they look at each other and say, ‘Is anyone watching you?’ and then they turn away- God has turned their hearts away because they are people who do not use their reason.
وَإِذَا مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَاكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا ۚ صَرَفَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
wa-idhā mā unzilat sūratun naẓara baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin hal yarākum min aḥadin thumma inṣarafū ṣarafa l-lahu qulūbahum bi-annahum qawmun lā yafqahūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And whenever a sura is sent down, they look one at another: 'Does anyone see you?' Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts, for that they are a people who do not understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- and whenever a surah is bestowed from on high, they look at one another [and say, as it were], "Is there anyone who can see what is in your hearts?" -and then they turn away. God has turned their hearts away [from the truth] - for they are people who will not grasp it.
- Sahih International
- And whenever a sūrah is revealed, they look at each other, [as if saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allāh has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And whenever | — |
| 2 | مَآmā | And whenever | — |
| 3 | أُنزِلَتْunzilat | is revealed | نزل |
| 4 | سُورَةٌۭsūratun | a Surah | سور |
| 5 | نَّظَرَnaẓara | look | نظر |
| 6 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 7 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 8 | بَعْضٍbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 9 | هَلْhal | Does | — |
| 10 | يَرَىٰكُمyarākum | see you | رأي |
| 11 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 12 | أَحَدٍۢaḥadin | one | أحد |
| 13 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 14 | ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚinṣarafū | they turn away | صرف |
| 15 | صَرَفَṣarafa | Allah has turned away | صرف |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah has turned away | أله |
| 17 | قُلُوبَهُمqulūbahum | their hearts | قلب |
| 18 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | because they | — |
| 19 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 20 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 21 | يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna | they understand | فقه |