Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:46

22:46

أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَلَـٰكِن تَعْمَى ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِى فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

afalam yasīrū fī l-arḍi fatakūna lahum qulūbun yaʿqilūna bihā aw ādhānun yasmaʿūna bihā fa-innahā lā taʿmā l-abṣāru walākin taʿmā l-qulūbu allatī fī l-ṣudūri

So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.

— Saheeh International

Have these people [of Mecca] not travelled through the land with hearts to understand and ears to hear? It is not people’s eyes that are blind, but their hearts within their breasts.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have they not travelled through the land, and have they hearts wherewith to understand and ears wherewith to hear? Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.

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

Juz 17Page 337medinan

Word by Word

أَفَلَمْafalamSo have not
يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrūthey traveled
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
فَتَكُونَfatakūnaand is
لَهُمْlahumfor them
قُلُوبٌۭqulūbunhearts
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna(to) reason
بِهَآbihāwith it
أَوْawor
ءَاذَانٌۭādhānunears
يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna(to) hear
بِهَاۖbihāwith it
فَإِنَّهَاfa-innahāFor indeed, [it]
لَاlānot
تَعْمَىtaʿmā(are) blinded
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāruthe eyes
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
تَعْمَىtaʿmā(are) blinded
ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
فِىfī(are) in
ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe breasts