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وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنۢ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَـٰمِلُونَ Qur’an Fussilat (41:5)

Waq a loo quloobun a fee akinnatin mimm a tadAAoon a ilayhi wafee atha nin a waqrun wamin baynin a wabaynika h ij a bun fa i AAmal innan a AA a miloon a

and so they say, [as it were:] "Our hearts are veiled from whatever thou callest us to, [O Muhammad,] and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a barrier.⁴ Do, then, [whatever thou wilt, whereas,] behold, we shall do [as we have always done]!"

- Mohammad Asad

They say: "Our hearts are concealed in veils from the faith to which you call us, there is deafness in ours ears and there is a barrier between you and us: so you work your way and we keep on working our way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

They say, 'Our hearts are veiled against what you are calling us to, there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between us and you. So do 'whatever you want' and so shall we!'

- Mustafa Khattab

And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

They say: "Our hearts are under veils (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us and in [our ears is] a deafness and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us we shall do (what we will!)." ⁴⁴⁶⁵ ⁴⁴⁶⁶

Surah 41. Fussilat, Ayah 5

and so they say, [as it were:] "Our hearts are veiled from whatever thou callest us to, [O Muhammad,] and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a barrier.⁴ Do, then, [whatever thou wilt, whereas,] behold, we shall do [as we have always done]!"

- Mohammad Asad

They say: "Our hearts are concealed in veils from the faith to which you call us, there is deafness in ours ears and there is a barrier between you and us: so you work your way and we keep on working our way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

They say, 'Our hearts are veiled against what you are calling us to, there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between us and you. So do 'whatever you want' and so shall we!'

- Mustafa Khattab

And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

They say: "Our hearts are under veils (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us and in [our ears is] a deafness and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us we shall do (what we will!)." ⁴⁴⁶⁵ ⁴⁴⁶⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 41. Fussilat, Ayah 5

and so they say, [as it were:] "Our hearts are veiled from whatever thou callest us to, [O Muhammad,] and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a barrier.4 Do, then, [whatever thou wilt, whereas,] behold, we shall do [as we have always done]!"

- Mohammad Asad

They say: "Our hearts are concealed in veils from the faith to which you call us, there is deafness in ours ears and there is a barrier between you and us: so you work your way and we keep on working our way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

They say, 'Our hearts are veiled against what you are calling us to, there is deafness in our ears, and there is a barrier between us and you. So do 'whatever you want' and so shall we!'

- Mustafa Khattab

And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

They say: "Our hearts are under veils (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us and in [our ears is] a deafness and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us we shall do (what we will!)." 4465 4466

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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and so they say, [as it were:] "Our hearts are veiled from whatever thou callest us to, [O Muhammad,] and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a barrier.⁴ Do, then, [whatever thou wilt, whereas,] behold, we shall do [as we have always done]!"

They say: "Our hearts are under veils (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us and in [our ears is] a deafness and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us we shall do (what we will!)." ⁴⁴⁶⁵ ⁴⁴⁶⁶