Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:127

9:127

وَإِذَا مَآ أُنزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ نَّظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ هَلْ يَرَىٰكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ ثُمَّ ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ ۚ صَرَفَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ

wa-idhā mā unzilat sūratun naẓara baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin hal yarākum min aḥadin thumma inṣarafū ṣarafa l-lahu qulūbahum bi-annahum qawmun lā yafqahūna

And whenever a sūrah is revealed, they look at each other, [as if saying], "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allāh has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.

— Saheeh International

Whenever a sura is revealed, they look at each other and say, ‘Is anyone watching you?’ and then they turn away- God has turned their hearts away because they are people who do not use their reason.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And whenever there comes down a Sûrah (chapter from the Qur’ân), they look at one another (saying): "Does any one see you?" Then they turn away. Allâh has turned their hearts (from the light) because they are a people that understand not.

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

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenever
مَآmāAnd whenever
أُنزِلَتْunzilatis revealed
سُورَةٌۭsūratuna Surah
نَّظَرَnaẓaralook
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
إِلَىٰilāto
بَعْضٍbaʿḍinothers
هَلْhalDoes
يَرَىٰكُمyarākumsee you
مِّنْminany
أَحَدٍۢaḥadinone
ثُمَّthummaThen
ٱنصَرَفُوا۟ۚinṣarafūthey turn away
صَرَفَṣarafaAllah has turned away
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has turned away
قُلُوبَهُمqulūbahumtheir hearts
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
لَّاlānot
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnathey understand