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
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26. We had given them power such as We have not given you. And We had given them hearing, sight [39], and hearts—everything. But their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them when they denied the signs of Allah, and they were surrounded by what they used to mock.
[39] That is, He had given them ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to ponder. But they used them only as much as an animal does. That is, only to the extent that was useful for acquiring worldly goods and possessions. They were intelligent in worldly matters, but did not attain the intellect that would set their Hereafter right. When they heard the signs of Allah, their ears would become deaf, and when it came to seeing the signs of Allah, their eyes would remain closed. Then, when the punishment of Allah came upon them, their intelligence was of no use to them.
[39] That is, He had given them ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to ponder. But they used them only as much as an animal does. That is, only to the extent that was useful for acquiring worldly goods and possessions. They were intelligent in worldly matters, but did not attain the intellect that would set their Hereafter right. When they heard the signs of Allah, their ears would become deaf, and when it came to seeing the signs of Allah, their eyes would remain closed. Then, when the punishment of Allah came upon them, their intelligence was of no use to them.
