Surah 9. At-Tauba, Ayah 127
| وَإِذَا مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَاكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفُوا ۚ صَرَفَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'idhaa maa unzilat sorah naz.ara bacd. -hum 'ilaa bacd. hal yaraa -kum min 'ah.ad thumma ins.arafo s.arafa 'allaah qulob -hum bi- 'anna -hum qawm laa yafqahon |
| Pickthall | : | And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another (as who should say): Doth anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah turneth away their hearts because they are a folk who understand not. |
| Asad | : | and whenever a surah is bestowed from on high, they look at one another [and say, as it were], "Is there anyone who can see what is in your hearts?"168 - and then they turn away. God has turned their hearts away [from the truth] - for they are people who will not grasp it.169 |
| Malik | : | Whenever a Surah is revealed they look at each other as if to ask, "Is anyone watching?" Then they silently slip away. Allah has slipped their hearts (from the guidance), for they are a people who do not want to understand. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Whenever there cometh down a Surah they look at each other (saying) "doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not. 1378 |
Note - 168Lit., "who sees you" - thus implying that God does not
exist.
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Note - 169Cf. 8:55.
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Note - 1378Even the Unbelievers, in their heart and conscience, feel
uncomfortable when they turn away from Faith and Truth,
and therefore their turning aside is figured by furtive
glances, such as we may suppose literally to have been
cast by the Hypocrites in the assemblies of the Holy
Prophet. Then they slink away, feeling superior in their
minds. And yet, if they only knew it, their contumacy
deprives them of Allah's grace and light. They are
turning Grace away, and when Allah withdraws it
altogether, they perish utterly.
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Even the Unbelievers, in their heart and conscience, feel uncomfortable when they turn away from Faith and Truth, and therefore their turning aside is figured by furtive glances, such as we may suppose literally to have been cast by the Hypocrites in the assemblies of the Holy Prophet. Then they slink away, feeling superior in their minds. And yet, if they only knew it, their contumacy deprives them of Allah's grace and light. They are turning Grace away, and when Allah withdraws it altogether, they perish utterly. |
