Surah Muhammad, Ayah 23 (47:23)

مُحَمَّد

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ

Quran 47:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Muhammad (“Muhammad”), a Medinan surah of 38 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 509 of the Madani Mushaf.

47:23
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَلَعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُفَأَصَمَّهُمْوَأَعْمَىٰٓأَبْصَٰرَهُمْ٢٣
ulāika alladhīna laʿanahumu l-lahu fa-aṣammahum wa-aʿmā abṣārahum

Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.(23)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
  3. لَعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumuAllah has cursed them
  4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has cursed them
  5. فَأَصَمَّهُمْfa-aṣammahumso He made them deaf
  6. وَأَعْمَىٰٓwa-aʿmāand blinded
  7. أَبْصَٰرَهُمْabṣārahumtheir vision

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