Translation:
Such are the men whom Allah has cursed 4848 for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.
Such are the men whom Allah has cursed 4848 for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.
Translation:
It is such as these whom God rejects, and whom He makes deaf [to the voice of truth], and whose eyes He blinds [to its sight]! 29
It is such as these whom God rejects, and whom He makes deaf [to the voice of truth], and whose eyes He blinds [to its sight]! 29
Commentary:
29 Cf. the reference to God’s "sealing" the hearts of stubborn wrongdoers in 2:7.
29 Cf. the reference to God’s "sealing" the hearts of stubborn wrongdoers in 2:7.
4848 Cursed: i.e., deprived of His Grace: left them straying, because they deliberately rejected His guidance. The result is that what they hear is as if they had not heard, and what they see is as if they had not seen. They have no desire to understand Allah's Will or Allah's Revelation—or is it that they have themselves locked and bolted their hearts and minds, so that nothing can penetrate them?