سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 7
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Allâh has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, (i.e. they are closed from accepting Allâh’s Guidance), and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be a great torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
خَتَمَ
khatama
Has set a seal
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
قُلُوبِهِمْ
qulūbihim
their hearts
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and on
سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ
samʿihim
their hearing
وَعَلَىٰٓ
waʿalā
and on
أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ
abṣārihim
their vision
غِشَـٰوَةٌۭ ۖ
ghishāwatun
(is) a veil
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
And for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
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.
1. This explains the reason for their lack of faith: due to their continuous persistence in disbelief and sin, their hearts have lost the capacity to accept the truth, their ears are not ready to listen to the truth, and their eyes are deprived of seeing the signs of the Lord spread throughout the universe. So how can they possibly have faith now? Faith is only granted to those who make proper use of the abilities given by Allah and attain forgiveness through them. On the contrary, these people are a case in point for the hadith in which it is stated that when a believer commits a sin, a black dot appears on his heart. If he repents and refrains from sin, his heart becomes clean and clear as before. But if, instead of repenting, he continues to commit sin after sin, that black dot spreads and covers his entire heart. The Prophet ﷺ said this is the rust that Allah has mentioned (كَلَّا بَلْ ۫ رَانَ عَلٰي قُلُوْبِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ 14) 83:14, meaning that because of their deeds, rust has covered their hearts, which is the logical result of their continuous evil actions.
