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Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:17

2:17

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ

mathaluhum kamathali alladhī is'tawqada nāran falammā aḍāat mā ḥawlahu dhahaba l-lahu binūrihim watarakahum fī ẓulumātin lā yub'ṣirūna

They are like people who [labour to] kindle a fire: when it lights up everything around them, God takes away all their light, leaving them in utter darkness, unable to see-

Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allâh took away their light and left them in darkness. (So) they could not see.

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مَثَلُهُمْmathaluhumTheir example
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one who
ٱسْتَوْقَدَis'tawqadakindled
نَارًۭاnārana fire
فَلَمَّآfalammāthen, when
أَضَآءَتْaḍāatit illuminated
مَاmā
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حَوْلَهُۥḥawlahu(was) around him
ذَهَبَdhahabatook away
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِنُورِهِمْbinūrihimtheir light
وَتَرَكَهُمْwatarakahumand left them
فِىfīin
ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢẓulumātindarkness[es]
لَّاlā(so) not
يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(do) they see
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:17 — Quran 2:17 | Ummatey