Surah Fussilat, Ayah 5 (41:5)

فُصِّلَت

وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنۢ …

Quran 41:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 477 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:5
وَقَالُوا۟قُلُوبُنَافِىٓأَكِنَّةٍمِّمَّاتَدْعُونَآإِلَيْهِوَفِىٓءَاذَانِنَاوَقْرٌوَمِنۢبَيْنِنَاوَبَيْنِكَحِجَابٌفَٱعْمَلْإِنَّنَاعَٰمِلُونَ٥
waqālū qulūbunā fī akinnatin mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi wafī ādhāninā waqrun wamin bayninā wabaynika ḥijābun fa-iʿ'mal innanā ʿāmilūna

And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings [i.e., screened] from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."(5)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunāOur hearts
  3. فِىٓfī(are) in
  4. أَكِنَّةٍakinnatincoverings
  5. مِّمَّاmimmāfrom what
  6. تَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou call us
  7. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  8. وَفِىٓwafīand in
  9. ءَاذَانِنَاādhānināour ears
  10. وَقْرٌwaqrun(is) deafness
  11. وَمِنۢwaminand between us
  12. بَيْنِنَاbaynināand between us
  13. وَبَيْنِكَwabaynikaand between you
  14. حِجَابٌḥijābun(is) a screen
  15. فَٱعْمَلْfa-iʿ'malSo work
  16. إِنَّنَاinnanāindeed, we
  17. عَٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna(are) working

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