(39) Those who deny Our Signs are deaf and dumb in ˹the bosom of ˺ darkness[1352]. Whoever Allah wishes, He misguides and whoever He wishes, He places him on a Straight Path.
[1352] Úulumāt (lit. darknesses) is, as always given in the Qur’an, in the plural. They waste their lives away in the darknesses of Denying, ignorance and intransigence (cf. al-Biqāʿī, Naẓm al-Durar).