Ayah
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لَقَالُوٓاْ
They would surely say
إِنَّمَا
Only
سُكِّرَتۡ
have been dazzled
أَبۡصَٰرُنَا
our eyes
بَلۡ
Nay
نَحۡنُ
we
قَوۡمٞ
(are) a people
مَّسۡحُورُونَ
bewitched
لَقَالُوٓاْ
They would surely say
إِنَّمَا
Only
سُكِّرَتۡ
have been dazzled
أَبۡصَٰرُنَا
our eyes
بَلۡ
Nay
نَحۡنُ
we
قَوۡمٞ
(are) a people
مَّسۡحُورُونَ
bewitched
Translation
They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
Tafsir
they would say, 'It is merely that our eyes have been dazzled, they have been shut. Nay, we are a folk bewitched!', imagining this.
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The Stubborn Disbelievers will never believe, no matter what Signs and Wonders They see
Allah says,
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابًا مِّنَ السَّمَاء فَظَلُّواۡ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ
لَقَالُواۡ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَارُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٌ مَّسۡحُورُونَ
And even if We opened to them a gate to the heavens and they were to continue ascending through it (all day long). They would surely say (in the evening):""Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled (we have not seen any angel or heaven). Nay, we are a people bewitched.""
Allah explains the extent of their disbelief and stubborn resistance to the truth by stating that even if a door to heaven were to be opened for them, and they were to be taken up through it, they would still not believe. Rather, they would say:
إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَارُنَا
Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.
Mujahid, Ibn Kathir and Ad-Dahhak said,
""this means our vision has been blocked.""
Qatadah narrated that Ibn Abbas said,
""this means our eyesight has been taken away.""
Al-Awfi reported that Ibn Abbas said,
""this means we were confused and put under a spell.""
سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَارُنَا
Our eyes have been (as if) dazzled.
Ibn Zayd said:
""The one who is dazzled (lit. intoxicated) is the one who cannot reason."
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