Quran 71:7

Surah Nooh, Verse 7

Juz 29 · Page 570 · Ruku 504 · Meccan

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا

Word by word

وَإِنِّى wa-innī And indeed, I كُلَّمَا kullamā every time دَعَوْتُهُمْ daʿawtuhum I invited them لِتَغْفِرَ litaghfira that You may forgive لَهُمْ lahum them جَعَلُوٓا۟ jaʿalū they put أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ aṣābiʿahum their fingers فِىٓ fī in ءَاذَانِهِمْ ādhānihim their ears وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ wa-is'taghshaw and covered themselves ثِيَابَهُمْ thiyābahum (with) their garments وَأَصَرُّوا۟ wa-aṣarrū and persisted وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ wa-is'takbarū and were arrogant ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا is'tik'bāran (with) pride

Transliteration

Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihimwastaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo wastakbarooistikbara

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم ) أي : سدوا آذانهم لئلا يسمعوا ما أدعوهم إليه . كما أخبر تعالى عن كفار قريش : ( وقال الذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا القرآن والغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبون ) [ فصلت : 26 ] .

( واستغشوا ثيابهم ) قال ابن جريج ، عن ابن عباس : تنكروا له لئلا يعرفهم . وقال سعيد بن جبير والسدي : غطوا رءوسهم لئلا يسمعوا ما يقول .

( وأصروا ) أي : استمروا على ما هم فيه من الشرك والكفر العظيم الفظيع ، ( واستكبروا استكبارا ) أي : واستنكفوا عن اتباع الحق والانقياد له .