Commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: ((And they said)) to the Prophet ((Our hearts are in coverings)) veils ((from what you call us to, and in our ears is deafness)) heaviness ((

... So they turned away to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Veils This, and refuge is sought from Allah from the severity of their stubbornness and disbelief. They said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was calling them: from what you call us to, similar to their saying: meaning the akinnah, the plural of kinn, which is that by which one is concealed. And his saying: meaning from tawhid (the oneness of Allah), obedience, and testifying to Allah the Exalted with oneness and to His Prophet with messengership. They mentioned the hearts and began with them because they are the seat of consciousness. Heaviness, meaning we do not hear, meaning that we listen to you with dislike and hatred, so it is as if there is a heaviness of hearing in our ears. meaning a barrier that prevents us from seeing you. Thus, they covered all the faculties of perception: the first faculty is the heart, the second is hearing, and the third is sight. The absence of sight from them is due to his saying: , and Allah the Exalted combined these three in His saying: , and consider their saying: They did not say: "And between us and you is a barrier," indicating that this barrier extends from us to you. Accordingly, the further we are from you, the thicker this barrier becomes, because if its beginning is from them to the Messenger, then as the distance increases, its thickness increases, because here indicates beginning, so it conveys that this barrier is direct from them to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). But if they had said: "And between us and you is a barrier," it would have been possible for the barrier to be in the middle, even if there was a distance between him and them. This indicates the thickness of what is between them and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and their distance from him. This, and refuge is sought from Allah, is a challenge to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in what appears, and it is not from the category of permission, but from the category of challenge. "So work in your religion, indeed we are working in our religion" It is also possible that "work" means to strive against us, for we are striving against you. Which is more eloquent, the author's view or this statement? The second is more eloquent, because it is as if they are saying: Work, and we will work, and which of us will prevail?