Surah Al-Kahf 18:101 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 101 / 110 · Page 304

الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاءٍ عَن ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا

Word by Word

الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those
كَانَتْ
kanat
had been
أَعْيُنُهُمْ
a'yunuhum
their eyes
فِي
fi
within
غِطَاءٍ
ghitain
a cover
عَن
an
from
ذِكْرِي
dhik'ri
My remembrance
وَكَانُوا
wakanu
and were
لَا
la
not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastati'una
able
سَمْعًا
sam'an
(to) hear

Transliteration

Allazeena kaanat a'yunuhum fee ghitaaa'in 'an zikree wa kaanoo la yastatee'oona sam'aa

Translation

Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I shall present it to the disbelievers who were blind to the remembrance of Allah in the world, due to the veil which barred them from it, and they were unable to listen to and accept the verses of Allah.

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

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