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Al-Ahqaf 46:26

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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَـٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولقد يسَّرنا لعاد أسباب التمكين في الدنيا على نحوٍ لم نمكنكم فيه معشر كفار قريش، وجعلنا لهم سمعًا يسمعون به، وأبصارًا يبصرون بها، وأفئدة يعقلون بها، فاستعملوها فيما يسخط الله عليهم، فلم تغن عنهم شيئًا إذ كانوا يكذِّبون بحجج الله، ونزل بهم من العذاب ما سخروا به واستعجلوه. وهذا وعيد من الله جل شأنه، وتحذير للكافرين.

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