أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَعَنَهُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
فَأَصَمَّهُمۡ
وَأَعۡمَىٰٓ
أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡ
٢٣
Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.
— M. Pickthall
Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.
— Saheeh International
Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Situation of the True Believer and the Sick-Hearted when the Command for Jihad was revealed
Allah mentions that the believers were hoping that Jihad would be legislated. But when Allah ordained it, many of the people turned back, as Allah says,
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أَي
…The Situation of the True Believer and the Sick-Hearted when the Command for Jihad was revealed
Allah mentions that the believers were hoping that Jiha
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