Muhammad Verse 24

Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

Do they not reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there locks upon their hearts?

What, do they not ponder the Koran? Or is it that there are locks upon their hearts?

Will they not contemplate the Quran? Do they have locks on their hearts?

Ponder then they not on the Qur'an, or are on the hearts locks thereof?

Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are their hearts locked up by them?

Do they, then, not reflect on the Qur'an? Or are there locks on their hearts?

Do they not ponder on what the Qur'an says? Or have their hearts been sealed with locks?

So do they not ponder the Qur’an deeply, or are there locks on some of their hearts?

Do they not contemplate the Quran, or are there locks on the hearts?

Do they not meditate earnestly on the Qur’an, or are there locks on the hearts (that are particular to them so that they are as if deaf and blind, and incapable of understanding the truth)?

Is it that they do not earnestly seek to understand the Qur´ân? Rather (their) hearts are securely locked up by their own locks.

So do they not consider/deliberate the Koran, or on hearts/minds its locks/closures?

So do they not ponder the Qur’an deeply, or are there locks on some of their hearts?

Do they not then meditate on the Quran or are there locks on the heart?

Do they not then think deeply in the Quran, or are their hearts locked up (from understanding it)?

Those it is whom Allah has cursed, so He has made them deaf and blinded their eyes.

Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Nay, on the hearts there are locks.

Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?

Is it that they do not think about the Quran or are their hearts sealed?

Will they not then contemplate on the Koran? Or are there locks upon their hearts!

Will they not then reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts

Will they not, then, ponder over this Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

Will they not ponder the Quran? Or are there locks upon their hearts?

Do they not contemplate the Qur'n?, and so recognise the truth. Or (am here is like bal, `nay, but') is it that there are locks on, their, hearts?, so they are unable to comprehend it.

The Command to reflect upon the Qur'an

Commanding the people to reflect and ponder upon the Qur'an, and prohibiting them from turning away from it, Allah says,

أَفَلَ يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْانَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا



Will they not then reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts?

means, there indeed are locks upon some hearts, firmly closing them so that none of its meanings can reach them.

Ibn Jarir recorded from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father, may Allah be pleased with him, that;

Allah's Messenger once recited this Ayah,
أَفَلَ يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْانَ أَمْ عَلَى قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَا
(Will they not then reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon their hearts), and a young man from Yemen said,

"Indeed, there are locks upon them -- until Allah opens them totally or slightly."

After that Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, always liked that young man, and kept that to himself until he became in charge, upon which he utilized him (as a consultant).
Condemning Apostasy

Allah then says