Verse. 5426

٧١ - نُوح

71 - Nouh

وَاِنِّىْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُہُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَہُمْ جَعَلُوْۗا اَصَابِعَہُمْ فِيْۗ اٰذَانِہِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَہُمْ وَاَصَرُّوْا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا۝۷ۚ
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

English

Ahmed Ali

And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their garments, and became wayward, and behaved with downright insolence.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and lo! whenever i call unto them) to repentance and belief in allah's divine oneness (that thou mayst pardon them) through their repentance and faith in allah's divine oneness (they thrust their fingers in their ears) so as not to hear my words and invitation (and cover themselves with their garments) and cover their heads with their garments so that they do not hear my voice or see me (and persist (in their refusal)) and they remain firm in their disbelief and worship of idols; it is also said that they all shouted in unison: “o noah! we will not believe in you”, (and magnify themselves in pride) and feel too proud to accept faith or repent, because of their arrogance.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and indeed whenever i summoned them, so that you might forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, in order not to hear what i say, and draw their cloaks over themselves, they cover their heads with them in order not to catch sight of me, and they persist, in their disbelief, and act in great arrogance, disdaining faith.

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : …and they persist [in their rejection], and act in great arrogance. he said:persistence in sin (dhanb) gives rise to ignorance, and ignorance gives rise to a transgression into falsehood (bāṭil). the transgression into falsehood gives rise to hypocrisy (nifāq) and hypocrisy in turn gives rise to disbelief (kufr).[he] was asked, ‘what is the sign of the hypocrite?’ he replied:it is that he perceives something when he is reminded of it, but when he gets up to go, it is as if that thing never entered his heart. god, exalted is he, has said: whenever it gives them light, they walk therein, and when darkness falls around them, they stand still [2:20].his words, exalted is he: