15:14
وَلَوْفَتَحْنَاعَلَيْهِمبَابًامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِفَظَلُّوا۟فِيهِيَعْرُجُونَ١٤
walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,(14)
Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 14 (15:14)
ٱلْحِجْر
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّوا۟ فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
Quran 15:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 262 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 14
- Hizb 27
- Page 262
- Ruku 1
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- وَلَوْwalawAnd (even) if
- فَتَحْنَاfataḥnāWe opened
- عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
- بَابًاbābana gate
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
- فَظَلُّوا۟faẓallūand they were to continue
- فِيهِfīhitherein
- يَعْرُجُونَyaʿrujūna(to) ascend
Tafsir (commentary) of 15:14
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This commentary explains ayahs 15:14–15 together.
The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They see
Allah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not believe. Rather, they would say:
إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـرُنَا
(Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.) Mujahid, Ibn Kathir and Ad-Dahhak said, "this means our vision has been blocked." Qatadah narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "this means our eyesight has been taken away." Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "this means we were confused and put under a spell."
سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَـرُنَا
(Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.) Ibn Zayd said: "The one who is dazzled lit. intoxicated is the one who cannot reason."