Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 108 (16:108)

ٱلنَّحْل

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ …

Quran 16:108 is ayah 108 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 279 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:108
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَطَبَعَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْوَسَمْعِهِمْوَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۖوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ١٠٨
ulāika alladhīna ṭabaʿa l-lahu ʿalā qulūbihim wasamʿihim wa-abṣārihim wa-ulāika humu l-ghāfilūna

Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.(108)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
  3. طَبَعَṭabaʿaAllah has set a seal
  4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has set a seal
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  6. قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
  7. وَسَمْعِهِمْwasamʿihimand their hearing
  8. وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۖwa-abṣārihimand their sight
  9. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
  10. هُمُhumuthey are
  11. ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūnathe heedless

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