6 surely those who reject Faith it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them they will not believe.
7 Allah has set a seal upon their hearts, and upon their hearing, and upon their sight is a veil; and for them is a great chastisement.
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8 And of mankind there are some who say: We believe in Allah and in the Future Day, but they are not at all Believers.
9 Feign would they deceive Allah and those who believe. But they do not deceive any except themselves, and they do not perceive.
10 In their hearts is a disease, so Allah increased to them the disease, and for them is a painful punishment because they used to belie.
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6 (Just as a black stone will never grow white, nor the leopard can change his spots,) surely those who reject Faith it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them they (being determined not to declare their Faith) will not believe.
7 Allah (, in consequence of their refusal to open their hearts to receive the Truth,) has set a seal upon their hearts (which they have closed with a lock thereto, 47:24), and (also) upon their hearing (in consequence of their not lending their ears to listen to it, 31:7), and (moreover, in consequence of their not using their vision to distinguish the Truth from the Falsehood,) upon their sight is a veil (and thus He has made them taste the conse-quences of their heedlessness, 7:179; 41:5); and for them is (therefore awaiting) a great chastisement.
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8 And of mankind there are some (hypocrites like Abd Allah ibn-Ubayy) who (as a lip-professional) say (in your presence): We believe in Allah and in the Future Day, but (although this declaration is equivalent to the profession of the Kalimah of Islam, yet the smooth speeches of the wicked are full of treachery ; for) they are not at all Believers (3:148-188; 4:60-152; 9:38-129; 63:1-11).
9 Feign would they deceive Allah and those who believe. But they (in fact) do not deceive any except themselves (as thereby they deprive themselves of the blessings of Allah), and they do not perceive (it in their foolish acts).
10 In their hearts is a disease (and pain due to Muhammads advent at Madinah, which deprived them of their leadership in this region), so Allah increased to them the disease (71:5-7, as they witnessed the rapid progress in peoples conversion to Islam), and for them is (prescribed) a painful punishment (in the form of jealousy and frustration) because they used to belie (the Message of Islam).
