Surah 47. Muhammad, Ayah 23

Cf. the reference to God's "sealing" the hearts of stubborn wrongdoers in 2:7 .

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?