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وَّجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَفِيْٓ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًاۗ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهٗ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوْرًا  ( الإسراء: ٤٦ )

wajaʿalnā
وَجَعَلْنَا
And We have placed
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
over
qulūbihim
قُلُوبِهِمْ
their hearts
akinnatan
أَكِنَّةً
coverings
an
أَن
lest
yafqahūhu
يَفْقَهُوهُ
they understand it
wafī
وَفِىٓ
and in
ādhānihim
ءَاذَانِهِمْ
their ears
waqran
وَقْرًاۚ
deafness
wa-idhā
وَإِذَا
And when
dhakarta
ذَكَرْتَ
you mention
rabbaka
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
فِى
in
l-qur'āni
ٱلْقُرْءَانِ
the Quran
waḥdahu
وَحْدَهُۥ
Alone
wallaw
وَلَّوْا۟
they turn
ʿalā
عَلَىٰٓ
on
adbārihim
أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ
their backs
nufūran
نُفُورًا
(in) aversion

Wa ja'alnaa 'alaa quloo bihim akinnatan any yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa izaa zakarta Rabbaka fil Quraani wahdahoo wallaw 'alaaa adbaarihim nufooraa (al-ʾIsrāʾ 17:46)

Sahih International:

And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn back in aversion. (Al-Isra [17] : 46)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and We put covers on their hearts barring them from understanding it, and (We put) deafness in their ears; and when you refer to your Lord alone (without referring to their presumed deities,) in the Qur’ān, they turn their backs in aversion.