Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

For it is that they believed, then denied! Then were their hearts sealed, and they understand not.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ
Thalika bi-annahum amanoothumma kafaroo fatubiAAa AAala quloobihim fahum layafqahoon
#wordmeaningroot
1dhālikaThat
2bi-annahum(is) because
3āmanūthey believedامن
4thummathen
5kafarūthey disbelievedكفر
6faṭubiʿaso were sealedطبع
7ʿalā[upon]
8qulūbihimtheir heartsقلب
9fahumso they
10(do) not
11yafqahūnaunderstandفقه
  • Aisha Bewley

    That is because they have had iman and then returned to kufr. So their hearts have been sealed up and they cannot understand.

  • Progressive Muslims

    That is because they believed, then disbelieved. Hence, their hearts are sealed; they do not understand.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    This, because they profess (before you) that they have believed whereas afterward (among their folk) they reject the Truth. And so a seal has been set upon their hearts, thus they understand not. (Variation between utterance and action hampers the power of reasoning within human psyche (61:2-5)).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    For it is that they believed, then denied! Then were their hearts sealed, and they understand not.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    That is because they believed, then disbelieved. Hence, their hearts are sealed; they do not understand.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    That is because they acknowledged, then rejected. Hence, their hearts are sealed; they do not understand.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    This is because they believed, then disbelieved. Hence, their minds are blocked; they do not understand.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    That is because they came to believe, and then renounced (their faith). So their hearts were sealed; and now they do not understand.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand.

  • Muhammad Asad

    this, because they have attained to faith, whereas they deny the truth - and so, a seal has been set on their hearts so that they can no longer understand .

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    That is because they believed, then disbelieved, therefore their hearts are sealed so that they understand not.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    All that is because they first believed and then disbelieved, and therefore a seal was set on their hearts; as a result they understand nothing.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    They adopted the faith and then they dropped it -Simpletons- their hearts' ears are closed and their breasts are filled with irreverence imposed upon their hearts by the evil hand.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    God has put a seal on their hearts so that they do not understand the truth. They are doomed in account of their denial after having embraced Islam.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    That is because they believed, and then disbelieved; therefore their hearts are sealed, so they understand not.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    This is because they believed and then abandoned faith. Therefore, their hearts have been sealed, so they do not comprehend.

  • Taqi Usmani

    That is because they declared faith (in Islam apparently), then disbelieved (secretly). Therefore a seal has been set on their hearts, and thus they do not understand.

  • Abdul Haleem

    because they professed faith and then rejected it, so their hearts have been sealed and they do not understand.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    That is because they have believed, then they have disbelieved; therefore a seal has been set on their hearts, and they do not understand.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    That is because they believed and then disbelieved, wherefore is a stamp set on their hearts so that they do not understand!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    That is because they believe, then disbelieve, so a seal is set upon their heart so that they do not understand.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    That is for that they believed; thereafter they disbelieved; then their hearts have been stamped upon, (i. e., sealed) so they do not comprehend.

  • George Sale

    This is testified of them, because they believed, and afterwards became unbelievers: Wherefore a seal is set on their hearts, and they shall not understand.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    That is because they had believed, and then they disbelieved; So a seal was set on their hearts; Therefore, they do not understand.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    That (they follow this practice) is because (outwardly) they believed but (inwardly) they disbelieved, so that their hearts are sealed and (now) they do not even understand.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    That is because they believed and then disbelieved, so their hearts were sealed. Hence they do not understand.