Surah Luqman 31:7 — translation and meaning

لقمان · Verse 7 / 34 · Page 411

ۖ وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا وَلَّى مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
تُتْلَى
tut'la
are recited
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
to him
آيَاتُنَا
ayatuna
Our Verses
وَلَّى
walla
he turns away
مُسْتَكْبِرًا
mus'takbiran
arrogantly
كَأَن
ka-an
as if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَسْمَعْهَا
yasma'ha
he (had) heard them
كَأَنَّ
ka-anna
as if
فِي
fi
in
أُذُنَيْهِ
udhunayhi
his ears
وَقْرًا
waqran
(is) deafness
فَبَشِّرْهُ
fabashir'hu
So give him tidings
بِعَذَابٍ
bi'adhabin
of a punishment
أَلِيمٍ
alimin
painful

Transliteration

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alayhi Aayaatunaa wallaa mustakbiran ka al lam yasma'haa ka anna feee uzunwihi waqran fabash shiru bi'azaabin aleem

Translation

And when our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When you read My verses to him, he turns away in arrogance, as if he has not heard them; as if his ears are deaf to sounds. So O Messenger! Warn him of a painful punishment which awaits him!

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

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