And when Our revelations are recited unto him he turneth away in his stiff-neckedness as though he heard them not: as though there was a deafness in his ears. So announce thou unto him a torment afflictive.
و هنگامی که آیات ما بر او خوانده می‌شود، مستکبرانه روی برمی‌گرداند، گویی آن را نشنیده است؛ گویی اصلاً گوشهایش سنگین است! او را به عذابی دردناک بشارت ده!