Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:171

2:171

وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءً وَنِدَآءً ۚ صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

wamathalu alladhīna kafarū kamathali alladhī yanʿiqu bimā lā yasmaʿu illā duʿāan wanidāan ṣummun buk'mun ʿum'yun fahum lā yaʿqilūna

The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.

— Saheeh International

Calling to disbelievers is like a herdsman calling to things that hear nothing but a shout and a cry: they are deaf, dumb, and blind, and they understand nothing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the example of those who disbelieve is as that of him who shouts to those (flock of sheep) that hears nothing but calls and cries. (They are) deaf, dumb and blind. So they do not understand. (Tafsîr Al-Qurtubi )

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd (the) example
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one who
يَنْعِقُyanʿiqushouts
بِمَاbimāat what
لَاlānot
يَسْمَعُyasmaʿu(does) hear
إِلَّاillāexcept
دُعَآءًۭduʿāancalls
وَنِدَآءًۭۚwanidāanand cries
صُمٌّۢṣummundeaf
بُكْمٌbuk'mundumb
عُمْىٌۭʿum'yun(and) blind
فَهُمْfahum[so] they
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand