Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:108

16:108

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ

ulāika alladhīna ṭabaʿa l-lahu ʿalā qulūbihim wasamʿihim wa-abṣārihim wa-ulāika humu l-ghāfilūna

Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

— Saheeh International

These are people whose hearts, hearing, and sight have been closed off by God: they are heedless,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They are those upon whose hearts, hearing (ears) and sight (eyes) Allâh has set a seal. And they are the heedless!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
طَبَعَṭabaʿaAllah has set a seal
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has set a seal
عَلَىٰʿalāover
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
وَسَمْعِهِمْwasamʿihimand their hearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْۖwa-abṣārihimand their sight
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
هُمُhumuthey are
ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَl-ghāfilūnathe heedless