Surah Ya-Sin 36:7
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 7 of 83
لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Translation
The verdict has been passed against most of them, for they refuse to believe.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'The word has come true against most of them, so they will not believe.' al-Biqa'i names the mechanism with a striking proverb: long familiarity with something breeds attachment, and 'your love of a thing blinds and deafens you.' They did not start blind; they grew blind by living so long with falsehood that they could no longer see past it. al-Saadi notes the sealing came only after the truth was shown and refused. Ask yourself: what have I lived alongside for so long, a habit, a grudge, a comfortable assumption, that I've simply stopped seeing clearly? This verse warns that the real danger isn't rejecting truth once, but growing so attached to its opposite that rejection becomes automatic.
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi, Ibn Kathir.
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