2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 6
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مَثَلُهُمْ
mathaluhum
Their example
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(of) the one who
ٱسْتَوْقَدَ
is'tawqada
kindled
نَارًۭا
nāran
a fire
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
then, when
أَضَآءَتْ
aḍāat
it illuminated
مَا
what
حَوْلَهُۥ
ḥawlahu
(was) around him
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba
took away
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِنُورِهِمْ
binūrihim
their light
وَتَرَكَهُمْ
watarakahum
and left them
فِى
in
ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢ
ẓulumātin
darkness[es]
لَّا
(so) not
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
(do) they see
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صُمٌّۢ
ṣummun
Deaf
بُكْمٌ
buk'mun
dumb
عُمْىٌۭ
ʿum'yun
blind
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
لَا
not
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
[they] will not return
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أَوْ
aw
Or
كَصَيِّبٍۢ
kaṣayyibin
like a rainstorm
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it (are)
ظُلُمَـٰتٌۭ
ẓulumātun
darkness[es]
وَرَعْدٌۭ
waraʿdun
and thunder
وَبَرْقٌۭ
wabarqun
and lightning
يَجْعَلُونَ
yajʿalūna
They put
أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ
aṣābiʿahum
their fingers
فِىٓ
in
ءَاذَانِهِم
ādhānihim
their ears
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ
l-ṣawāʿiqi
the thunderclaps
حَذَرَ
ḥadhara
(in) fear (of)
ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ
l-mawti
[the] death
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
مُحِيطٌۢ
muḥīṭun
(is) [the One Who] encompasses
بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
bil-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
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