سُوْرَةُ الْحَجِّ
Surah Al-Hajj (22) — Ayah 46
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَلَـٰكِن تَعْمَى ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِى فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿46﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have they not travelled through the land, and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear? Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
So have not
يَسِيرُوا۟
yasīrū
they traveled
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
فَتَكُونَ
fatakūna
and is
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
قُلُوبٌۭ
qulūbun
hearts
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
(to) reason
بِهَآ
bihā
with it
أَوْ
aw
or
ءَاذَانٌۭ
ādhānun
ears
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
(to) hear
بِهَا ۖ
bihā
with it
فَإِنَّهَا
fa-innahā
For indeed, [it]
لَا
lā
not
تَعْمَى
taʿmā
(are) blinded
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ
l-abṣāru
the eyes
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
تَعْمَى
taʿmā
(are) blinded
ٱلْقُلُوبُ
l-qulūbu
the hearts
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
فِى
fī
(are) in
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
the breasts
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.
46. 1. And when a nation reaches such a level of misguidance that it loses even the capacity for taking heed, then instead of guidance, destruction becomes its destiny just like the previous nations. In the verse, the relationship between action and intellect is attributed to the heart, which clarifies that the seat of intellect is the heart, and some say that the seat of intellect is the brain. And some say that there is no difference between these two statements, therefore, in the attainment of intellect and understanding, both the intellect and the brain have a deep connection with each other (Fath al-Qadeer).
