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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 71
وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿71﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment), so they became blind and deaf; after that Allâh turned to them (with Forgiveness); yet again many of them became blind and deaf. And Allâh is the All-Seer of what they do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَحَسِبُوٓا۟
waḥasibū
And they thought
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَكُونَ
takūna
will be (for them)
فِتْنَةٌۭ
fit'natun
a trial
فَعَمُوا۟
faʿamū
so they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟
waṣammū
and they became deaf
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
تَابَ
tāba
turned
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ثُمَّ
thumma
then (again)
عَمُوا۟
ʿamū
they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟
waṣammū
and they became deaf
كَثِيرٌۭ
kathīrun
many
مِّنْهُمْ ۚ
min'hum
of them
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
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.
71. 1. That is, they thought that there would be no punishment. But according to the aforementioned divine principle, this punishment occurred: they became even more blind to seeing the truth and even more deaf to hearing the truth, and after repentance, when they repeated the same action, the same punishment was again imposed.
