Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 26
وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَـٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
- فِيمَآfīmāin what
- إِنinnot
- مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْmakkannākumWe have established you
- فِيهِfīhiin it
- وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
- لَهُمْlahumfor them
- سَمْعًۭاsamʿanhearing
- وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭاwa-abṣāranand vision
- وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭwa-afidatanand hearts
- فَمَآfamāBut not
- أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
- سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir vision
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَفْـِٔدَتُهُمafidatuhumtheir hearts
- مِّنminany
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- إِذْidhwhen
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
- يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnarejecting
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
- بِهِمbihimthem
- مَّاmāwhat
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
- بِهِۦbihi[at it]
- يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnaridicule
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