وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍۢ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌۭ وَمِنۢ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌۭ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَٰمِلُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."
Word-by-Word Translation
وَقَالُوا۟
And they say
قُلُوبُنَا
Our hearts
فِىٓ
(are) in
أَكِنَّةٍۢ
coverings
مِّمَّا
from what
تَدْعُونَآ
you call us
إِلَيْهِ
to it
وَفِىٓ
and in
ءَاذَانِنَا
our ears
وَقْرٌۭ
(is) deafness
وَمِنۢ
and between us
بَيْنِنَا
and between us
وَبَيْنِكَ
and between you
حِجَابٌۭ
(is) a screen
فَٱعْمَلْ
So work
إِنَّنَا
indeed, we
عَـٰمِلُونَ
(are) working
٥
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