Explained in Detail
41. Fuṣṣilat
فصلت
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41:5
وَقَالُوا
قُلُوبُنَا
فِي
أَكِنَّةٍ
مِّمَّا
تَدْعُونَا
إِلَيْهِ
وَفِي
آذَانِنَا
وَقْرٌ
وَمِن
بَيْنِنَا
وَبَيْنِكَ
حِجَابٌ
فَاعْمَلْ
إِنَّنَا
عَامِلُونَ
wa-qālū qulūbunā fī ʾakinnatin mimmā tadʿūnā ʾilayhi wa-fī ʾādhāninā waqrun wa-min bayninā wa-baynika ḥijābun fa-ʿmal ʾinnanā ʿāmilūna
They say, ‘Our hearts are in veils [which shut them off] from what you invite us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and there is a curtain between us and you. So act [as your faith requires]; we too are acting [according to our own].’
— Ali Quli Qarai
They say: "Our hearts are under veils, (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us, and in our ears in a deafness, and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us, we shall do (what we will!)"
