The Holy Quran 2:74 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِىَ كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمَآءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Translation

Thereafter (O Jews, even after seeing an example of how people can be brought back to life and after seeing so many of Allaah's Aayaat) your hearts hardened (against accepting the truth), becoming like rocks or even harder. (In fact, even rocks are not so hard because) There are those rocks from which rivers gush forth, while some of them split open causing water to flow from them. Then there are even those that fall because of fear for Allaah. (However, unlike these rocks, your hearts remain unaffected and show no sign of softness or surrendering). (However,) Allaah is not unaware of what you do (Allaah is only giving you more time because the predestined time for your punishment has not yet arrived).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, “after Amil came back to life.” The meaning is that even after seeing such a sign of power your hearts did not soften. The hearts of the Jews are harder than stone: that is, from some stones great benefit comes, for rivers and water flow from them in abundance.

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