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The unbelievers persisted in their mockery of the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam)
saying, "There is a veil over our hearts, we do not understand what you say. There is
heaviness in our ears so we are unable to hear you, and a curtain that divides us from
you. You follow your path and we will follow ours. We do not understand anything you
say!" It was then that Allah sent down the verses:
"When you recite the Koran, We place between you
and those who do not believe in the Everlasting Life an obstructing barrier.
We lay veils upon their hearts and heaviness in their ears, lest they understand it.
When you (Prophet Muhammad) mention your Lord alone in the Koran,
they turn their backs in aversion.
When they listen to you, We know very well how they listen.
When they conspire, when the evildoers declare,
saying, "There is a veil over our hearts, we do not understand what you say. There is
heaviness in our ears so we are unable to hear you, and a curtain that divides us from
you. You follow your path and we will follow ours. We do not understand anything you
say!" It was then that Allah sent down the verses:
"When you recite the Koran, We place between you
and those who do not believe in the Everlasting Life an obstructing barrier.
We lay veils upon their hearts and heaviness in their ears, lest they understand it.
When you (Prophet Muhammad) mention your Lord alone in the Koran,
they turn their backs in aversion.
When they listen to you, We know very well how they listen.
When they conspire, when the evildoers declare,