سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 20
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَـٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿20﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
By no means will they escape (from Allâh’s Torment) on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allâh! Their torment will be doubled! They could not bear to hear (the preachers of the truth) and they used not to see (the truth because of their severe aversion, in spite of the fact that they had the sense of hearing and sight).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
لَمْ
lam
not
يَكُونُوا۟
yakūnū
will be
مُعْجِزِينَ
muʿ'jizīna
(able to) escape
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مِنْ
min
any
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ
awliyāa
protectors
يُضَـٰعَفُ
yuḍāʿafu
And will be doubled
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ
l-ʿadhābu
the punishment
مَا
mā
Not
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
able
ٱلسَّمْعَ
l-samʿa
(to) hear
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used (to)
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
see
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
20. 1. That is, their aversion and hatred for the truth had reached such an extent that they did not even have the strength to hear or see it, or it means that Allah had given them ears and eyes but they neither heard anything with them nor saw anything. As if '(فَمَآ اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ اَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَآ اَفْــِٕدَتُهُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ) 46. Al-Ahqaf:26) neither did their ears benefit them, nor their eyes and hearts,' because they remained deaf to hearing the truth and blind to seeing the truth, just as they will say when entering Hell '(لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيْٓ اَصْحٰبِ السَّعِيْرِ 10 ) 67. Al-Mulk:10) 'If we had listened and used our intellect, we would not be among the people of Hell today.'
