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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 26 (46:26)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَٰرًا وَأَفِْٔدَةً …

Quran 46:26 is ayah 26 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 505 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:26
وَلَقَدْمَكَّنَّٰهُمْفِيمَآإِنمَّكَّنَّٰكُمْفِيهِوَجَعَلْنَالَهُمْسَمْعًاوَأَبْصَٰرًاوَأَفِْٔدَةًفَمَآأَغْنَىٰعَنْهُمْسَمْعُهُمْوَلَآأَبْصَٰرُهُمْوَلَآأَفِْٔدَتُهُممِّنشَىْءٍإِذْكَانُوا۟يَجْحَدُونَبَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَحَاقَبِهِممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ٢٦
walaqad makkannāhum fīmā in makkannākum fīhi wajaʿalnā lahum samʿan wa-abṣāran wa-afidatan famā aghnā ʿanhum samʿuhum walā abṣāruhum walā afidatuhum min shayin idh kānū yajḥadūna biāyāti l-lahi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.(26)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. مَكَّنَّٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
  3. فِيمَآfīmāin what
  4. إِنinnot
  5. مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْmakkannākumWe have established you
  6. فِيهِfīhiin it
  7. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
  8. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  9. سَمْعًاsamʿanhearing
  10. وَأَبْصَٰرًاwa-abṣāranand vision
  11. وَأَفِْٔدَةًwa-afidatanand hearts
  12. فَمَآfamāBut not
  13. أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
  14. عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
  15. سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
  16. وَلَآwalāand not
  17. أَبْصَٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir vision
  18. وَلَآwalāand not
  19. أَفِْٔدَتُهُمafidatuhumtheir hearts
  20. مِّنminany
  21. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  22. إِذْidhwhen
  23. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  24. يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnarejecting
  25. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
  26. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  27. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
  28. بِهِمbihimthem
  29. مَّاmāwhat
  30. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  31. بِهِۦbihi[at it]
  32. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnaridicule

Tafsir (commentary) of 46:26

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This commentary explains ayahs 46:26–28 together.

وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَأَبْصَـراً وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَـرُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُواْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

(We also gave them hearing, vision, and hearts. But their hearing, vision, and hearts availed them nothing when they used to deny Allah's signs, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to ridicule!) meaning, they were encircled by the torment and exemplary punishment that they denied and whose occurrence they doubted. This means, you listeners must beware of being like them lest a punishment similar to theirs strikes you in this life and the Hereafter. Allah then says,

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرَى

(And indeed We have destroyed towns round about you, ) This is addressed to the people of Makkah. Allah destroyed the nations who disbelieved in the Messengers who lived around Makkah, such as `Ad who were at Al-Ahqaf in Hadramawt near Yemen, Thamud whose dwellings were between Makkah and Ash-Sham (Greater Syria), Saba' who were in Yemen, the people of Madyan who were on the route and passage to Ghazzah (Western Palestine), and the people of Lut who dwelt by the lake (the Dead Sea) which they used to pass by (on the way to Jordan) as well. Allah then says,

وَصَرَّفْنَا الاٌّيَـتِ

(and We have shown (them) the signs in various ways) meaning, `We explained and clarified them.'

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَفَلَوْلاَ نَصَرَهُمُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ قُرْبَاناً ءَالِهَةَ

(so that perhaps they might return. As for those whom they had taken for gods besides Allah, as the means of approach to Him, why then did they not aid them) meaning, did they help them when they were in the greatest need for them

بَلْ ضَلُّواْ عَنْهُمْ

(but they vanished completely from them.) Rather, they completely left them alone when they needed them the most.

وَذَلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ

(And that was their falsehood, ) meaning, their lie.

وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ

(and what they were fabricating.) which means that they fabricated lies by taking them as gods, and they lost and failed in their worship of them and their reliance upon them -- and Allah knows best.

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