سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْقَافِ
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) — 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 ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you (O Quraish)! And We had assigned them the (faculties of) hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and hearts; but their hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayât (Allâh’s Prophets and their Prophethood, proofs, evidence, verses, signs, revelations) of Allâh, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ
makkannāhum
We had established them
فِيمَآ
fīmā
in what
إِن
in
not
مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ
makkannākum
We have established you
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
and We made
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
سَمْعًۭا
samʿan
hearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭا
wa-abṣāran
and vision
وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭ
wa-afidatan
and hearts
فَمَآ
famā
But not
أَغْنَىٰ
aghnā
availed
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
them
سَمْعُهُمْ
samʿuhum
their hearing
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ
abṣāruhum
their vision
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم
afidatuhum
their hearts
مِّن
min
any
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
إِذْ
idh
when
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajḥadūna
rejecting
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَحَاقَ
waḥāqa
and enveloped
بِهِم
bihim
them
مَّا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
بِهِۦ
bihi
[at it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
yastahziūna
ridicule
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.
2 6. 1. This is being addressed to the people of Makkah, saying: What are you? The nations before you whom We destroyed were far greater than you in strength and power, but when they did not use the abilities given by Allah—their eyes, ears, and hearts—to listen to, see, and understand the truth, then ultimately We destroyed them, and these things were of no benefit to them.
26. That is, the punishment which they used to consider impossible and mockingly say, "Bring on your punishment with which you keep threatening us!"—that punishment came and surrounded them in such a way that they could not escape from it.
26. That is, the punishment which they used to consider impossible and mockingly say, "Bring on your punishment with which you keep threatening us!"—that punishment came and surrounded them in such a way that they could not escape from it.
