Surah Fussilat, ayah 5
وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنۢ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَـٰمِلُونَ
And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings [i.e., screened] from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."
Fussilat · 41:5
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
- قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunāOur hearts
- فِىٓfī(are) in
- أَكِنَّةٍۢakinnatincoverings
- مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
- تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
- إِلَيْهِilayhito it
- وَفِىٓwafīand in
- ءَاذَانِنَاādhānināour ears
- وَقْرٌۭwaqrun(is) deafness
- وَمِنۢwaminand between us
- بَيْنِنَاbaynināand between us
- وَبَيْنِكَwabaynikaand between you
- حِجَابٌۭḥijābun(is) a screen
- فَٱعْمَلْfa-iʿ'malSo work
- إِنَّنَاinnanāindeed, we
- عَـٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna(are) working
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