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Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 179
وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿179﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And surely, We have created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts wherewith they understand not, and they have eyes wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not (the truth). They are like cattle, nay even more astray; those! They are the heedless ones.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
ذَرَأْنَا
dharanā
We have created
لِجَهَنَّمَ
lijahannama
for Hell
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
the jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ
wal-insi
and men
لَهُمْ
lahum
For them
قُلُوبٌۭ
qulūbun
(are) hearts
لَّا
lā
(but) not
يَفْقَهُونَ
yafqahūna
they understand
بِهَا
bihā
with them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
أَعْيُنٌۭ
aʿyunun
(are) eyes
لَّا
lā
(but) not
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
they see
بِهَا
bihā
with them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
ءَاذَانٌۭ
ādhānun
(are) ears
لَّا
lā
(but) not
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
they hear
بِهَآ ۚ
bihā
with them
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
kal-anʿāmi
(are) like cattle
بَلْ
bal
nay
هُمْ
hum
they
أَضَلُّ ۚ
aḍallu
(are) more astray
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ
l-ghāfilūna
(are) the heedless
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.
179. 1. This is related to predestination. That is, regarding every human and jinn, Allah had knowledge of what good or bad deeds they would do after coming into the world, and accordingly, He has written it. This is the mention of those inhabitants of Hell who, according to Allah’s knowledge, were to do the deeds of the people of Hell. Further ahead, by describing more of their characteristics, it has been clarified that those people in whom these things exist in the manner mentioned here, then understand that their end is bad. (2) That is, the heart, eyes, and ears—these things Allah has given so that a person, benefiting from them, may understand his Lord, observe His signs, and attentively listen to the truth. But the person who does not use these faculties for this purpose is, in terms of not benefiting from them, like cattle, rather even more astray than them. Because cattle still have some awareness of their benefit and harm, and they benefit from beneficial things and avoid harmful things, but the person who turns away from Allah’s guidance loses even the ability to distinguish what is beneficial for him and what is harmful. That is why, in the next sentence, they are also called heedless.
