Surah Luqman, Ayah 7 (31:7)

لُقْمَان

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِىٓ أُذُنَيْهِ …

Quran 31:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Luqman (“Luqman”), a Meccan surah of 34 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 411 of the Madani Mushaf.

31:7
وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِءَايَٰتُنَاوَلَّىٰمُسْتَكْبِرًاكَأَنلَّمْيَسْمَعْهَاكَأَنَّفِىٓأُذُنَيْهِوَقْرًا ۖفَبَشِّرْهُبِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍ٧
wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā wallā mus'takbiran ka-an lam yasmaʿhā ka-anna fī udhunayhi waqran fabashir'hu biʿadhābin alīmin

And when Our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.(7)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
  3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
  5. وَلَّىٰwallāhe turns away
  6. مُسْتَكْبِرًاmus'takbiranarrogantly
  7. كَأَنka-anas if
  8. لَّمْlamnot
  9. يَسْمَعْهَاyasmaʿhāhe (had) heard them
  10. كَأَنَّka-annaas if
  11. فِىٓfīin
  12. أُذُنَيْهِudhunayhihis ears
  13. وَقْرًا ۖwaqran(is) deafness
  14. فَبَشِّرْهُfabashir'huSo give him tidings
  15. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment
  16. أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

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