Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:101

7:101

تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

til'ka l-qurā naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāihā walaqad jāathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti famā kānū liyu'minū bimā kadhabū min qablu kadhālika yaṭbaʿu l-lahu ʿalā qulūbi l-kāfirīna

Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

— Saheeh International

We have told you [Prophet] the stories of those towns: messengers came to them, and clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had already rejected- in this way God seals the hearts of disbelievers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those were the towns whose story We relate unto you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). And there came indeed to them their Messengers with clear proofs, but they were not such as to believe in that which they had rejected before. Thus Allâh does seal up the hearts of the disbelievers (from every kind of religious guidance).

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

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Word by Word

تِلْكَtil'kaThese
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā(were) the cities
نَقُصُّnaquṣṣuWe relate
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
مِنْminof
أَنۢبَآئِهَاۚanbāihātheir news
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcame to them
رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
فَمَاfamābut not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟liyu'minūto believe
بِمَاbimāin what
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūthey (had) denied
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُۚqablubefore
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
يَطْبَعُyaṭbaʿu(has been) put a seal
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
قُلُوبِqulūbi(the) hearts
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers