Surat Fussilat Verse No. 5: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 5 from Surah Fussilat : Number of verses 54 - - page 477 - Part 24.
﴾وَقَالُواْ قُلُوبُنَا فِيٓ أَكِنَّةٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَآ إِلَيۡهِ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقۡرٞ وَمِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا وَبَيۡنِكَ حِجَابٞ فَٱعۡمَلۡ إِنَّنَا عَٰمِلُونَ ﴿
[ فصلت: 5]
And they say: "Our hearts are under coverings (screened) from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a screen, so work you (on your way); verily, we are working (on our way)."
English - 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."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(41:5) They say: 'Our hearts are securely wrapped up against what you call us to, *2 and in our ears is a heaviness, and between you and us there is a veil. *3 So act; we too are acting.' *4
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*2) That is, "It has no way open to reach our hearts."
*3) That is "This invitation has divided us: it has cut us off from you it leas become a hindrance for us to join you."
*4) It has two meanings: (1) "That we have nothing to do with you ;" and (2) "that if you do not desist from your preaching, you may go on doing your mission, we also will not stop our opposition to you, and we will do whatever we can to defeat and frustrate your mission. "