Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 101 (18:101)

ٱلْكَهْف

ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا

Quran 18:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 304 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:101
ٱلَّذِينَكَانَتْأَعْيُنُهُمْفِىغِطَآءٍعَنذِكْرِىوَكَانُوا۟لَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَمْعًا١٠١
alladhīna kānat aʿyunuhum fī ghiṭāin ʿan dhik'rī wakānū lā yastaṭīʿūna samʿan

Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.(101)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
  2. كَانَتْkānathad been
  3. أَعْيُنُهُمْaʿyunuhumtheir eyes
  4. فِىfīwithin
  5. غِطَآءٍghiṭāina cover
  6. عَنʿanfrom
  7. ذِكْرِىdhik'rīMy remembrance
  8. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand were
  9. لَاlānot
  10. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
  11. سَمْعًاsamʿan(to) hear

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