Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
this, because [they profess that] they have attained to faith, whereas [inwardly] they deny the truth - and so, a seal has been set on their hearts so that they can no longer understand [what is true and what false]
Arthur John Arberry
That is because they have believed, then they have disbelieved; therefore a seal has been set on their hearts, and they do not understand
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not
Arabic
ذَ ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا یَفۡقَهُونَ ٣
Transliteration (2021)
dhālika bi-annahum āmanū thumma kafarū faṭubiʿa ʿalā qulūbihim fahum lā yafqahūn