Translation of the meanings Ayah 7 Surah Nūh - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 7

وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا

7. Whenever I call them (to Your guidance) so that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their clothes¹, persist (in their denial of Islam) and are puffed up with pride."

1. refusing to look or listen.