Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:71

5:71

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

waḥasibū allā takūna fit'natun faʿamū waṣammū thumma tāba l-lahu ʿalayhim thumma ʿamū waṣammū kathīrun min'hum wal-lahu baṣīrun bimā yaʿmalūna

And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allāh turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

— Saheeh International

they thought no harm could come to them and so became blind and deaf [to God]. God turned to them in mercy but many of them again became blind and deaf: God is fully aware of their actions.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment), so they became blind and deaf; after that Allâh turned to them (with Forgiveness); yet again many of them became blind and deaf. And Allâh is the All-Seer of what they do.

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

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وَحَسِبُوٓا۟waḥasibūAnd they thought
أَلَّاallāthat not
تَكُونَtakūnawill be (for them)
فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natuna trial
فَعَمُوا۟faʿamūso they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟waṣammūand they became deaf
ثُمَّthummaThen
تَابَtābaturned
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ثُمَّthummathen (again)
عَمُوا۟ʿamūthey became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟waṣammūand they became deaf
كَثِيرٌۭkathīrunmany
مِّنْهُمْۚmin'humof them
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
بِمَاbimāof what
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do