173 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi: "Deaf, dumb," he said: They are the mutes; "blind."

174 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah: "Deaf" to the truth, so they do not hear it; "dumb" to it, so they do not speak of it; "blind" to it, so they do not see it.

His saying: "Dumb"

175 - Musa ibn Abi Musa al-Ansari narrated to us, Harun ibn Hatim narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, from Asbat ibn Nasr, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik, regarding His saying: "Dumb," meaning mutes regarding speech about faith, so they are unable to speak. "Deaf," meaning deaf in the ears.

His saying: "Blind"

176 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "Blind," he said: Blind to the truth, so they do not see it.

His saying: "So they do not return"

[The first interpretation]

177 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu Ghassan narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Ishaq said, in what Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad narrated to me, from 'Ikrimah or Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: "Deaf, dumb, blind, so they do not return," meaning they do not return to guidance. This is also how al-Rabi' ibn Anas interpreted it.

178 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi: "Deaf, dumb, blind, so they do not return" to Islam.

The second interpretation:

179 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding what God says: "So they do not return," meaning they do not repent and do not remember.