Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:26

46:26

وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَـٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

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.

— Saheeh International

We had established them in a way we have not established you [people of Mecca]; We gave them hearing, sight, and hearts, yet their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them, since they denied God’s revelations. They were overwhelmed by the punishment they had mocked.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you (O Quraish)! And We had assigned them the (faculties of) hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and hearts; but their hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayât (Allâh’s Prophets and their Prophethood, proofs, evidence, verses, signs, revelations) of Allâh, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!

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

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
فِيمَآfīmāin what
إِنinnot
مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْmakkannākumWe have established you
فِيهِfīhiin it
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سَمْعًۭاsamʿanhearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭاwa-abṣāranand vision
وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭwa-afidatanand hearts
فَمَآfamāBut not
أَغْنَىٰaghnāavailed
عَنْهُمْʿanhumthem
سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
وَلَآwalāand not
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir vision
وَلَآwalāand not
أَفْـِٔدَتُهُمafidatuhumtheir hearts
مِّنminany
شَىْءٍshayinthing
إِذْidhwhen
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnarejecting
بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
بِهِمbihimthem
مَّاmāwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
بِهِۦbihi[at it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnaridicule