Surah Muhammad 47:23 — translation and meaning

محمد · Verse 23 / 38 · Page 509

أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ

Word by Word

أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(are) the ones
لَعَنَهُمُ
la'anahumu
Allah has cursed them
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah has cursed them
فَأَصَمَّهُمْ
fa-asammahum
so He made them deaf
وَأَعْمَى
wa-a'ma
and blinded
أَبْصَارَهُمْ
absarahum
their vision

Transliteration

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena la'anahumul laahu fa asammahum wa a'maaa absaarahum

Translation

Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who are described as making mischief on earth and cutting family ties are the ones whom Allah has distanced from His mercy, whose ears He has made deaf to hearing the truth with acceptance and submission, and whose sight He has blinded from seeing it with reflection.

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

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