مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ 17
صُمُّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ 18
أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَـٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٲعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطُۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ 19
يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْاْ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواْۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ 20
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ 21
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٲشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ 22
وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُواْ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ 23
فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُواْ وَلَن تَفْعَلُواْ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ 24
مَثَلُهُمْmathaluhumTheir exampleكَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) exampleٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one whoٱسْتَوْقَدَis'tawqadakindledنَارًۭاnārana fireفَلَمَّآfalammāthen, whenأَضَآءَتْaḍāatit illuminatedمَاmāwhatحَوْلَهُۥḥawlahu(was) around himذَهَبَdhahabatook awayٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahبِنُورِهِمْbinūrihimtheir lightوَتَرَكَهُمْwatarakahumand left themفِىfīinظُلُمَـٰتٍۢẓulumātindarkness[es]لَّاlā(so) notيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(do) they see
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صُمٌّۢṣummunDeafبُكْمٌbuk'mundumbعُمْىٌۭʿum'yunblindفَهُمْfahumso theyلَاlānotيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] will not return
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أَوْawOrكَصَيِّبٍۢkaṣayyibinlike a rainstormمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyفِيهِfīhiin it (are)ظُلُمَـٰتٌۭẓulumātundarkness[es]وَرَعْدٌۭwaraʿdunand thunderوَبَرْقٌۭwabarqunand lightningيَجْعَلُونَyajʿalūnaThey putأَصَـٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingersفِىٓfīinءَاذَانِهِمādhānihimtheir earsمِّنَminafromٱلصَّوَٰعِقِl-ṣawāʿiqithe thunderclapsحَذَرَḥadhara(in) fear (of)ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚl-mawti[the] deathوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allahمُحِيطٌۢmuḥīṭun(is) [the One Who] encompassesبِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīnathe disbelievers
2:19
يَكَادُyakāduAlmostٱلْبَرْقُl-barquthe lightningيَخْطَفُyakhṭafusnatches awayأَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖabṣārahumtheir sightكُلَّمَآkullamāWheneverأَضَآءَaḍāait flashesلَهُمlahumfor themمَّشَوْا۟mashawthey walkفِيهِfīhiin itوَإِذَآwa-idhāand whenأَظْلَمَaẓlamait darkensعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themقَامُوا۟ ۚqāmūthey stand (still)وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāahad willedٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلَذَهَبَladhahabaHe would certainly have taken awayبِسَمْعِهِمْbisamʿihimtheir hearingوَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚwa-abṣārihimand their sightإِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahعَلَىٰʿalā(is) onكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍۢshayinthingقَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful
2:20
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankindٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūworshipرَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lordٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Whoخَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated youوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand thoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore youلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūnabecome righteous
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ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One Whoجَعَلَjaʿalamadeلَكُمُlakumufor youٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthفِرَٰشًۭاfirāshana resting placeوَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaand the skyبِنَآءًۭbināana canopyوَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًۭmāanwaterفَأَخْرَجَfa-akhrajathen brought forthبِهِۦbihitherewithمِنَmina[of]ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe fruitsرِزْقًۭاriz'qan(as) provisionلَّكُمْ ۖlakumfor youفَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūset upلِلَّهِlillahito Allahأَندَادًۭاandādanrivalsوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile youتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you] know
2:22
وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou areفِىfīinرَيْبٍۢraybindoubtمِّمَّاmimmāabout whatنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāWe have revealedعَلَىٰʿalātoعَبْدِنَاʿabdināOur slaveفَأْتُوا۟fatūthen produceبِسُورَةٍۢbisūratina chapterمِّنmin[of]مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike itوَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand callشُهَدَآءَكُمshuhadāakumyour witnessesمِّنminfromدُونِdūniother thanٱللَّهِl-lahiAllahإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
2:23
فَإِنfa-inBut ifلَّمْlamnotتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou doوَلَنwalanand neverتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūwill you doفَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūthen fearٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireٱلَّتِىallatīwhoseوَقُودُهَاwaqūduhā[its] fuelٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu(is) [the] menوَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖwal-ḥijāratuand [the] stonesأُعِدَّتْuʿiddatpreparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
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