Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 179
| وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- la- qad dhara'naa li- jahannam kather(an) min al- jinn wa- al- 'ins la- -hum qulob laa yafqahon bi- -haa wa- la- -hum acyun laa yubs.iron bi- -haa wa- la- -hum 'aadhaan laa yasmacon bi- -haa 'olaa'ika ka- al- ancaam bal hum ad.all 'olaa'ika hum al- ghaafilon |
| Pickthall | : | Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful. |
| Asad | : | And most certainly have We destined for hell many of the invisible beings143 and men who have hearts with which they fail to grasp the truth, and eyes with which they fail to see, and ears with which they fail to hear. They are like cattle - nay, they are even less conscious of the right way:144 it is they, they who are the [truly] heedless! |
| Malik | : | Certainly, We have destined many Jinns and human beings for hell; those are the ones who have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like animals - or even worse than them , because they are those who are heedless. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Many are the Jinns and men We have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not eyes wherewith they see not and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning). 1153 |
Note - 143See Appendix III.
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Note - 144Lit., "they are farther astray" - inasmuch as animals
follow only their instincts and natural needs and are not
conscious of the possibility or necessity of a moral
choice.
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Note - 1153Cf. ii. 18. Though they have apparently all the faculties
of reason and perception, they have so deadened them that
those faculties do not work, and they go headlong into
hell. They are, as it were, made for Hell.
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