And when a sūrah is sent down, they look at each other: “Does anybody see you?” Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts because they are people who understand not.
| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wa-idhā | And whenever | |
| 2 | mā | And whenever | |
| 3 | unzilat | is revealed | نزل |
| 4 | sūratun | a Surah | سور |
| 5 | naẓara | look | نظر |
| 6 | baʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 7 | ilā | to | |
| 8 | baʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 9 | hal | Does | |
| 10 | yarākum | see you | راي |
| 11 | min | any | |
| 12 | aḥadin | one | احد |
| 13 | thumma | Then | |
| 14 | inṣarafū | they turn away | صرف |
| 15 | ṣarafa | Allah has turned away | صرف |
| 16 | l-lahu | Allah has turned away | |
| 17 | qulūbahum | their hearts | قلب |
| 18 | bi-annahum | because they | |
| 19 | qawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 20 | lā | not | |
| 21 | yafqahūna | they understand | فقه |
Each time a sura is sent down, they look at one another, implying, ‘Can anyone see you?’ Then they turn away. Allah has turned their hearts away because they are people who do not understand.
And when a chapter is revealed, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you", then they turn away. God turns away their hearts, for they are a people who do not comprehend.
When a Surah is revealed, the hypocrites look at each other mockingly as if saying, "Does anyone see you? Let us leave. " And then they turn away. Allah's Law turns their hearts away because they are a people who do not use their faculties of understanding.
And when a sūrah is sent down, they look at each other: “Does anybody see you?” Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts because they are people who understand not.
And when a chapter is sent down, they look at one another: "Does anyone see you?" Then they turn away. God turns away their hearts, for they are a people who do not understand.
When a chapter is revealed, they looked at one another: "Does anyone see you?", then they turn away. God turns away their hearts, for they are a people who do not comprehend.
Whenever a sura was revealed, some of them would look at each other as if to say: "Does anyone see you?" Then they left. Thus, GOD has diverted their hearts, for they are people who do not comprehend.
Whenever a Surah is revealed they look at each other (so as to ask): "Is anyone looking at Us?" and then turn away. Indeed God has turned their hearts away (from the truth), for they cannot discern the law of heaven.
And whenever a surah is revealed, they look at each other, , "Does anyone see you?" and then they dismiss themselves. Allah has dismissed their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.
and whenever a surah is bestowed from on high, they look at one another , "Is there anyone who can see what is in your hearts?" -and then they turn away. God has turned their hearts away - for they are people who will not grasp it.
And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another (as who should say): Doth anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah turneth away their hearts because they are a folk who understand not.
And whenever a surah is revealed, they glance at each other as though saying: "Is anyone watching?" Then they slip away. Allah has turned away their hearts for they are a people who are bereft of understanding.
And when a Surah is sent down, they look at one another and express their thoughts in words, thus: "Does anyone see you", they ask, and they take their leave. May Allah turn their hearts and thoughts away from the truth and close their hearts' ears to admonition; they lack diligence and they are a people who have no comprehension of Allah nor of the spoken discourse of reason narrated by His Messenger.
When a new chapter of Qur’an is revealed, they look at one another as though they say: "Is someone watching our (indifferent) reaction?" then they quietly leave. God has rendered their hearts insensitive as they do not make any effort to understand.
And whenever there comes down a Sûrah (chapter from the Qur’ân), they look at one another (saying): "Does any one see you?" Then they turn away. Allâh has turned their hearts (from the light) because they are a people that understand not.
Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not.
Whenever a sûrah is revealed, they look at one another, ˹saying,˺ "Is anyone watching you?" Then they slip away. ˹It is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ has turned their hearts away because they are a people who do not comprehend.
And when a Sūrah is sent down, they look at each other (as if saying): "Is there someone watching you?" Then they turn away. Allah has turned their hearts, because they are a people who do not understand.
Whenever a sura is revealed, they look at each other and say, ‘Is anyone watching you?’ and then they turn away- God has turned their hearts away because they are people who do not use their reason.
And whenever a sura is sent down, they look one at another: 'Does anyone see you?' Then they turn away. God has turned away their hearts, for that they are a people who do not understand.
And whenever a surah is sent down, some of them look at the others - 'Does any one see you?' - Then they turn away! God has turned their hearts, for that they are a people who do not discern.
And whenever a surah (verse) is sent down, some of them look at the others, (as if to say), "Does any one see you?" (i. e. furtively to make sure their guilt is not observed) Then they turn away! Allah has turned their heart, for that they are a people who discern not.
And whenever a s?rah is sent down, they look one at another, (Literally: some of them looked at some "others") "Does anyone ever see you?" Then they turn about. Allah has turned their hearts about, for that they are people who do not comprehend.
And whenever a sura is sent down, they look at one another, saying, doth any one see you? Then do they turn aside. God shall turn aside their hearts from the truth; because they are a people who do not understand.
And whenever a Sura (or Chapter in the Quran) comes down, they (the hypocrites) see each other, (saying), "Does anyone see you?" (And) then they turn away: Allah has turned their hearts (away from Light) because they are a people who do not understand.
And whenever a Surah is revealed, these (hypocrites) look one at another (as if to ask), `Is anyone watching you?' Then they turn away. Allâh has turned away their hearts (from the Light) because they are a people devoid of understanding.
And whenever a sūrah is sent down, they look at one another: ‘Is anybody observing you?’ Then they slip away. Allah has turned aside their hearts, for they are a people who do not understand.