Surah Al-An'am 6:46 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 46 / 165 · Page 133

ۗ قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى قُلُوبِكُم مَّنْ إِلَهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ انظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ

Word by Word

ۗ
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَأَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Have you seen
إِنْ
in
if
أَخَذَ
akhadha
took away
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
سَمْعَكُمْ
sam'akum
your hearing
وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ
wa-absarakum
and your sight
وَخَتَمَ
wakhatama
and sealed
عَلَى
ala
[on]
قُلُوبِكُم
qulubikum
your hearts
مَّنْ
man
who
إِلَهٌ
ilahun
(is the) god
غَيْرُ
ghayru
other than
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
يَأْتِيكُم
yatikum
to bring [back] to you
بِهِ
bihi
with it
انظُرْ
unzur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
نُصَرِّفُ
nusarrifu
We explain
الْآيَاتِ
al-ayati
the Signs
ثُمَّ
thumma
yet
هُمْ
hum
they
يَصْدِفُونَ
yasdifuna
turn away

Transliteration

Qul ara'aitum in akhazal laahu sam'akum wa absaarakum wa khatama 'alaa quloobikum man ilaahun ghairul laahi yaateekum bih; unzur kaifa nusarriful Aayaati summa hum yasdifoon

Translation

Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allah could bring them [back] to you?" Look how we diversify the verses; then they [still] turn away.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: Tell me, if Allah has to make you deaf by taking away your hearing, make you blind by taking away your sight, and seal your hearts so that you do not understand anything, what other being deserving worship is there that will bring all of these back to you? Think, O Messenger, about how we explain the evidence to them in various ways, yet they still turn away from it.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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