أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًۭا فَأَحْيَيْنَٰهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ نُورًۭا يَمْشِى بِهِۦ فِى ٱلنَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُۥ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍۢ مِّنْهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
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سُورَةُ الأَنۡعَامِ
English — Sahih International
And is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing.
اردو — مودودی
کیا وہ شخص جو پہلے مُردہ تھا پھر ہم نے اسے زندگی بخشی اور اس کو وہ روشنی عطا کی جس کے اجالے میں وہ لوگوں کے درمیان زندگی کی راہ طے کرتا ہے اُس شخص کی طرح ہو سکتا ہے جو تاریکیوں میں پڑا ہوا ہو اور کسی طرح اُن سے نہ نکلتا ہو؟ کافروں کے لیے تو اسی طرح ان کے اعمال خوشنما بنا دیے گئے ہیں
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Dan apakah orang yang sudah mati kemudian dia Kami hidupkan dan Kami berikan kepadanya cahaya yang terang, yang dengan cahaya itu dia dapat berjalan di tengah-tengah masyarakat manusia, serupa dengan orang yang keadaannya berada dalam gelap gulita yang sekali-kali tidak dapat keluar dari padanya? Demikianlah Kami jadikan orang yang kafir itu memandang baik apa yang telah mereka kerjakan.
Ibn Kathir
The Parable of the Disbeliever and the Believer
This is an example that Allah has given of the believer who was dead, meaning, wandering in confusion and misguidance. Then, Allah brought life to him, by bringing life to his heart with faith, guiding him to it and guiding him to obeying His Messengers,
لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِى النَّاسِ كَمَن
(And set for him a light whereby he can walk amongst men.) for he became guided to where he should go and how to remain on the correct path. The light mentioned here is the Qur'an, according to Ibn `Abbas, as Al-`Awfi and Ibn Abi Talhah reported from him. As-Suddi said that the light mentioned here is Islam. Both meanings are correct.
مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَـتِ لَيْسَ
(Like him who is in the darkness) of ignorance, desires and various types of deviation,
بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ
(From which he can never come out) for he is unable to find a way out from what he is in. In Musnad Ahmad, it is recorded that the Prophet said;
«إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فِي ظُلْمَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَشَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نُورِهِ، فَمَنْ أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ النُّورُ اهْتَدَى، وَمَنَ أَخْطَأَهُ ضَل»
(Allah created creation in darkness, then He showered His Light upon them. Whoever was struck by that light is guided, whoever it missed is astray.) Allah said in other Ayat,
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَـتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُ الطَّـغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَـتِ أُوْلَـئِكَ أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـلِدُونَ
(Allah is the Guardian of those who believe. He brings them out from darkness into light. But as for those who disbelieve, their friends are Taghut, they bring them out from light into darkness. Those are the dwellers of the Fire, and they will abide therein forever.) 2:257, and
أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
(Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on the straight way) 67:22, and
مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالاٌّعْمَى وَالاٌّصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاً أَفَلاَ تَذَكَّرُونَ
(The parable of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal when compared Will you not then take heed) 11:24, and,
وَمَا يَسْتَوِى الاٌّعْمَى وَالْبَصِيرُ - وَلاَ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَلاَ النُّورُ - وَلاَ الظِّلُّ وَلاَ الْحَرُورُ - وَمَا يَسْتَوِى الاٌّحْيَآءُ وَلاَ الاٌّمْوَاتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِى الْقُبُورِ - إِنْ أَنتَ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ
(Not alike are the blind and the seeing. Nor are darkness and light. Nor are the shade and the sun's heat. Nor are the living and the dead. Verily, Allah makes whom He wills to hear, but you cannot make hear those who are in the graves. You are only a warner.) 35:19-23 There are many other Ayat on this subject. We explained before why Allah mentioned the light in the singular sense and the darkness in the plural sense when we explained the Ayah at the beginning of the Surah,
وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَـتِ وَالنُّورَ
(And originated the darknesses and the light.) 6:1 Allah's statement,
زُيِّنَ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ
(Thus it is made fair seeming to the disbelievers that which they used to do.) means, We made their ignorance and misguidance appear fair to them, as Allah decreed out of His wisdom, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him alone without partners.
المُيَسَّر
أوَمن كان ميتًا في الضلالة هالكا حائرا، فأحيينا قلبه بالإيمان، وهديناه له، ووفقناه لاتباع رسله، فأصبح يعيش في أنوار الهداية، كمن مثله في الجهالات والأهواء والضلالات المتفرقة، لا يهتدي إلى منفذ ولا مخلص له مما هو فيه؟ لا يستويان، وكما خذلتُ هذا الكافر الذي يجادلكم -أيها المؤمنون- فزيَّنْتُ له سوء عمله، فرآه حسنًا، زيَّنْتُ للجاحدين أعمالهم السيئة؛ ليستوجبوا بذلك العذاب.