( ومن أظلم ممن ذكر ) وعظ ( بآيات ربه فأعرض عنها ) تولى عنها وتركها ولم يؤمن بها ( ونسي ما قدمت يداه ) أي : ما عمل من المعاصي من قبل ( إنا جعلنا على قلوبهم أكنة ) أغطية ( أن يفقهوه ) أي : يفهموه يريد لئلا يفهموه ( وفي آذانهم وقرا ) أي صمما وثقلا ( وإن تدعهم ) يا محمد ( إلى الهدى ) إلى الدين ( فلن يهتدوا إذا أبدا ) وهذا في أقوام علم الله منهم أنهم لا يؤمنون .
There is no one more oppressive that the person who was reminded of the verses of his Lord, but he did not pay any attention to the threat of punishment contained therein and he turned away from taking a lesson, forgetting the disbelief and sins he had done in his worldly life without repenting. I have placed on the hearts of people with this description covers that prevent them from understanding the Qur’ān, and in their ears deafness so that they cannot listen to it acceptingly. If you call them to faith they will never respond to what you call them towards as long as there are covers on their hearts and deafness in their ears.