وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا فٖٓی اَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَٓا اِلَیْهِ وَفٖٓی اٰذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَیْنِنَا وَبَیْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ اِنَّنَا عَامِلُونَ
Waqaloo quloobuna fee akinnatin mimma tadAAoona ilayhi wafee athanina waqrun wamin baynina wabaynika hijabun faiAAmal innana AAamiloona
Translations
And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working
Saheeh International
And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting
Marmaduke Pickthall