Quran 31:7

Surah Luqman, Verse 7

Juz 21 · Page 411 · Ruku 355 · Meccan

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِىٓ أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Word by word

وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā are recited عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him ءَايَـٰتُنَا āyātunā Our Verses وَلَّىٰ wallā he turns away مُسْتَكْبِرًۭا mus'takbiran arrogantly كَأَن ka-an as if لَّمْ lam not يَسْمَعْهَا yasmaʿhā he (had) heard them كَأَنَّ ka-anna as if فِىٓ fī in أُذُنَيْهِ udhunayhi his ears وَقْرًۭا ۖ waqran (is) deafness فَبَشِّرْهُ fabashir'hu So give him tidings بِعَذَابٍ biʿadhābin of a punishment أَلِيمٍ alīmin painful

Transliteration

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunawalla mustakbiran kaan lam yasmaAAha kaanna fee othunayhiwaqran fabashshirhu biAAathabin aleem

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when Our revelations are recited unto him he turneth away in pride as if he heard them not, as if there were a deafness in his ears. So give him tidings of a painful doom.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( وإذا تتلى عليه آياتنا ولى مستكبرا كأن لم يسمعها كأن في أذنيه وقرا ) أي : هذا المقبل على اللهو واللعب والطرب ، إذا تليت عليه الآيات القرآنية ، ولى عنها وأعرض وأدبر وتصام وما به من صمم ، كأنه ما يسمعها; لأنه يتأذى بسماعها ، إذ لا انتفاع له بها ، ولا أرب له فيها ، ( فبشره بعذاب أليم ) أي : يوم القيامة يؤلمه ، كما تألم بسماع كتاب الله وآياته .