Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 17
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مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
Translation by words
- مَثَلُهُمْ
- Their example
- كَمَثَلِ
- (is) like (the) example
- ٱلَّذِى
- (of) the one who
- ٱسْتَوْقَدَ
- kindled
- نَارًا
- a fire,
- فَلَمَّآ
- then, when
- أَضَآءَتْ
- it illuminated
- مَا
- what
- حَوْلَهُۥ
- (was) around him
- ذَهَبَ
- took away
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah
- بِنُورِهِمْ
- their light
- وَتَرَكَهُمْ
- and left them
- فِى
- in
- ظُلُمَٰتٍ
- darkness[es],
- لَّا
- (so) not
- يُبْصِرُونَ
- (do) they see.
Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness (so) they could not see.
2:17
Translation: Saheeh International