the bestowal from on high issues from the most gracious the dis­penser of grace a divine writ the messages whereof have been clearly spelled out as a discourse in the arabic tongue for people of knowl­edge to be a herald of glad tidings as well as a warning. and yet most of them turn away so that they cannot hear and so they say our hearts are veiled from whatever thou callest us to and in our ears is deafness and between us and thee is a barrier. do then behold we shall do !
تنزيل من الرحمن الرحيم كتاب فصلت آياته قرآنا عربيا لقوم يعلمون بشيرا ونذيرا فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونا إليه وفي آذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فاعمل إننا عاملون