Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 7·Madanī

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عَلَىٰ وَعَلَىٰ وَعَلَىٰٓ وَلَهُمْ ﴿٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.

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Tafsīr

al-Mīzānalso covers 6

al-Mīzān

The "sealing" (khatm) is God's just law (sunna), not arbitrary compulsion: turning from guidance hardens the faculty — consistent with Adl (God wrongs none) and the Qurʾān's own account of cause and recompense.

Majmaʿ al-Bayānalso covers 6

Ẓāhir (apparent)

The two verses are read as one unit on those who have settled into denial: warning them or not is alike, for God has sealed their hearts and hearing, and a veil is on their sight — a sealing that is the consequence of their own persistent rejection, not a cause imposed before it.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 8 roots in 8 of 12 words

Rarest here: خ-ت-م — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 19 points across 7 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • al-Mīzān
  • Majmaʿ al-Bayān

Shape

12 words · 51 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 7 of 286

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 16:108 · An-Nahlvery close

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

    Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allah has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

  • Quran 65:10 · At-Talaaqvery close

    أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَدْ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْرًا

    Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; so fear Allah, O you of understanding who have believed. Allah has sent down to you the Qur'an.

  • Quran 58:16 · Al-Mujaadilavery close

    ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

  • Quran 47:23 · Muhammadclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ

    Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

  • Quran 84:24 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

  • Quran 17:46 · Al-Israaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا

    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 Qur'an, they turn back in aversion.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:235 shared roots

    أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    خ-ت-مغ-ش-وب-ص-رق-ل-بس-م-ع

  • Al-An'aam 6:465 shared roots

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُم مَّنْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ

    خ-ت-مب-ص-رق-ل-بس-م-عأ-ل-ه

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:112 shared roots

    يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    غ-ش-وع-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1084 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

    ب-ص-رق-ل-بس-م-عأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shura 42:243 shared roots

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ وَيَمْحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

    خ-ت-مق-ل-بأ-ل-ه

  • Yaseen 36:92 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    غ-ش-وب-ص-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:7?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:7 include Quran 16:108 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 65:10 (Surah At-Talaaq), Quran 58:16 (Surah Al-Mujaadila), and Quran 47:23 (Surah Muhammad). For example, 16:108 reads: “Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allah has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 2:7 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:7 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.”

Which surah is verse 2:7 in?

Quran 2:7 is āyah 7 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 2:7?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 2:7 from al-Mīzān and Majmaʿ al-Bayān.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:7?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:7 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.