The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
Page #120
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وَحَسِبُوا
أَلَّا
تَكُونَ
فِتْنَةٌ
فَعَمُوا
وَصَمُّوا
ثُمَّ
تَابَ
اللَّهُ
عَلَيْهِمْ
ثُمَّ
عَمُوا
وَصَمُّوا
كَثِيرٌ
مِّنْهُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
بَصِيرٌ
بِمَا
يَعْمَلُونَ
wa-ḥasibū ʾallā takūna fitnatun fa-ʿamū wa-ṣammū thumma tāba llāhu ʿalayhim thumma ʿamū wa-ṣammū kathīrun minhum wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna
They supposed there would be no testing, so they became blind and deaf. Thereafter Allah accepted their repentance, yet [again] many of them became blind and deaf, and Allah watches what they do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so they became blind and deaf; yet Allah (in mercy) turned to them; yet again many of them became blind and deaf. But Allah sees well all that they do.
