Quran 5:71

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 71

Juz 6 · Page 120 · Ruku 95 · Medinan

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by word

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ waḥasibū And they thought أَلَّا allā that not تَكُونَ takūna will be (for them) فِتْنَةٌۭ fit'natun a trial فَعَمُوا۟ faʿamū so they became blind وَصَمُّوا۟ waṣammū and they became deaf ثُمَّ thumma Then تَابَ tāba turned ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them ثُمَّ thumma then (again) عَمُوا۟ ʿamū they became blind وَصَمُّوا۟ waṣammū and they became deaf كَثِيرٌۭ kathīrun many مِّنْهُمْ ۚ min'hum of them وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah بَصِيرٌۢ baṣīrun (is) All-Seer بِمَا bimā of what يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna they do

Transliteration

Wahasiboo alla takoonafitnatun faAAamoo wasammoo thumma taba AllahuAAalayhim thumma AAamoo wasammoo katheerun minhum wallahubaseerun bima yaAAmaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They thought no harm would come of it, so they were wilfully blind and deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward them. Now (even after that) are many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is Seer of what they do.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so they became blind and deaf; yet Allah (in mercy) turned to them; yet again many of them became blind and deaf. But Allah sees well all that they do.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

(وحسبوا ألا تكون فتنة ) أي : وحسبوا ألا يترتب لهم شر على ما صنعوا ، فترتب ، وهو أنهم عموا عن الحق وصموا ، فلا يسمعون حقا ولا يهتدون إليه ( ثم تاب الله عليهم ) أي : مما كانوا فيه ( ثم عموا وصموا )

أي : بعد ذلك ( [ وصموا ] كثير منهم والله بصير بما يعملون ) أي : مطلع عليهم وعليم بمن يستحق الهداية ممن يستحق الغواية .