سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 46
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُم مَّنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ ﴿46﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (to the disbelievers): "Tell me, if Allâh took away your hearing and your sight, and sealed up your hearts, who is there - an ilâh (a god) other than Allâh who could restore them to you?" See how variously We explain the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), yet they turn aside.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Have you seen
إِنْ
in
if
أَخَذَ
akhadha
took away
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
سَمْعَكُمْ
samʿakum
your hearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرَكُمْ
wa-abṣārakum
and your sight
وَخَتَمَ
wakhatama
and sealed
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[on]
قُلُوبِكُم
qulūbikum
your hearts
مَّنْ
man
who
إِلَـٰهٌ
ilāhun
(is the) god
غَيْرُ
ghayru
other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
يَأْتِيكُم
yatīkum
to bring [back] to you
بِهِ ۗ
bihi
with it
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
نُصَرِّفُ
nuṣarrifu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
ثُمَّ
thumma
yet
هُمْ
hum
they
يَصْدِفُونَ
yaṣdifūna
turn away
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46. Say, "Have you considered: if Allah were to take away your hearing and your sight, and set a seal upon your hearts [49], who is the god other than Allah who could restore them to you?" See how We explain the signs in various ways, yet they turn away.
[49]
How Are the Eyes, Ears, and Heart Signs of Allah?
In this verse, Allah Almighty mentions three of His blessings and declares them as His signs or as indications pointing to the Being of Allah Almighty. First, He mentions hearing: how sound waves are produced in the air by any voice. Then those waves strike the eardrums. The sound of this collision reaches the brain through the nerves. The brain immediately understands the meaning and sense of that sound, and then a person instantly responds to the speaker with his tongue. All these actions occur so quickly that the speaker receives an immediate reply. The same is the case with sight. When the eye sees something, the image or photo or reflection of that thing falls on the lens. Then that same image, through fine channels, falls on the membrane of the brain, and the brain immediately decides that the thing the eye saw is such-and-such, of such-and-such color, and its shape and stature are such-and-such. The system of the heart is even more complex than these. The power of discernment, intellect, will, and all faculties of choice are related to it. To think about something, to plan, and to decide—all of this is its function. Allah Almighty says that if Allah were to take away the function and system of hearing, sight, or the heart, do any of the gods of these polytheists have the power to restore this system? But these people do not reflect on the signs of Allah; rather, wherever the signs of Allah are mentioned, they turn away from there. Now, the other aspect of this is that whatever perfections man has achieved—whether related to inventions, knowledge and philosophy, or human prosperity and good management—and these are the very things man takes pride in and is filled with conceit, in reality, the means of attaining all these things are these very eyes, ears, and heart, and these are purely gifts from Allah. Then, if Allah takes back what He has given, do any of their gods have the power to restore these things to them? And if they cannot do so, then how can they be partners in the works of Allah?
[49]
How Are the Eyes, Ears, and Heart Signs of Allah?
In this verse, Allah Almighty mentions three of His blessings and declares them as His signs or as indications pointing to the Being of Allah Almighty. First, He mentions hearing: how sound waves are produced in the air by any voice. Then those waves strike the eardrums. The sound of this collision reaches the brain through the nerves. The brain immediately understands the meaning and sense of that sound, and then a person instantly responds to the speaker with his tongue. All these actions occur so quickly that the speaker receives an immediate reply. The same is the case with sight. When the eye sees something, the image or photo or reflection of that thing falls on the lens. Then that same image, through fine channels, falls on the membrane of the brain, and the brain immediately decides that the thing the eye saw is such-and-such, of such-and-such color, and its shape and stature are such-and-such. The system of the heart is even more complex than these. The power of discernment, intellect, will, and all faculties of choice are related to it. To think about something, to plan, and to decide—all of this is its function. Allah Almighty says that if Allah were to take away the function and system of hearing, sight, or the heart, do any of the gods of these polytheists have the power to restore this system? But these people do not reflect on the signs of Allah; rather, wherever the signs of Allah are mentioned, they turn away from there. Now, the other aspect of this is that whatever perfections man has achieved—whether related to inventions, knowledge and philosophy, or human prosperity and good management—and these are the very things man takes pride in and is filled with conceit, in reality, the means of attaining all these things are these very eyes, ears, and heart, and these are purely gifts from Allah. Then, if Allah takes back what He has given, do any of their gods have the power to restore these things to them? And if they cannot do so, then how can they be partners in the works of Allah?
