Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 25 (6:25)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ …

Quran 6:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 130 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:25
وَمِنْهُممَّنيَسْتَمِعُإِلَيْكَ ۖوَجَعَلْنَاعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْأَكِنَّةًأَنيَفْقَهُوهُوَفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَقْرًا ۚوَإِنيَرَوْا۟كُلَّءَايَةٍلَّايُؤْمِنُوا۟بِهَا ۚحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءُوكَيُجَٰدِلُونَكَيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ٢٥
wamin'hum man yastamiʿu ilayka wajaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan an yafqahūhu wafī ādhānihim waqran wa-in yaraw kulla āyatin lā yu'minū bihā ḥattā idhā jāūka yujādilūnaka yaqūlu alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."(25)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd among them
  2. مَّنman(are those) who
  3. يَسْتَمِعُyastamiʿulisten
  4. إِلَيْكَ ۖilaykato you
  5. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnābut We have placed
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  7. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  8. أَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings
  9. أَنanlest
  10. يَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it
  11. وَفِىٓwafīand in
  12. ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
  13. وَقْرًا ۚwaqrandeafness
  14. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  15. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  16. كُلَّkullaevery
  17. ءَايَةٍāyatinsign
  18. لَّاlānot
  19. يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūwill they believe
  20. بِهَا ۚbihāin it
  21. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  22. إِذَاidhāwhen
  23. جَآءُوكَjāūkathey come to you
  24. يُجَٰدِلُونَكَyujādilūnakaand argue with you
  25. يَقُولُyaqūlusay
  26. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  27. كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  28. إِنْinNot
  29. هَٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  30. إِلَّآillābut
  31. أَسَٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) tales
  32. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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