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Quran Chapter 2-17 (Pt-1 Stg-1)(L–34)-درس قرآن
1st likeness of Hypocrites
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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17. Their likeness is
as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light
around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where
they cannot see.
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17. Masaluhum kamasa-lillazistaw qada
naaraa. Falammaaa ‘azaaa-’at maa hawlahuu zahabAllaahu
bi-nuurihim wa tarakahum fii zulumaatil-laa
yubsiruun.
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Lesson
Masaluhum –
(Their likeness). Likeness means such an old famous event which corresponds to
any present event and due to its fame, the people may understand it quickly and
it becomes helpful also for explanation of the present event.
Zulumaat - (darkness), this word is plural of zulmat.
During the times of Holy Prophet (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon
Him), there were two kinds of Hypocrites:
· Those, who were the vital enemies of Islam, but they used to
claim verbally that they were supporters and protecting friends of the Muslims.
· Those Hypocrites, who were weak due to their temperament and
were neither absolutely supporters of Islam, nor they opposed Islam. In which
side they used to find their advantage, turned themselves to that direction.
Holy Quran has give likenesses of
these both kinds of hypocrites. In this verse, likeness of first kind of
hypocrites is being explained.
Likeness of these people is like a
man, who lit the fire in the darkness of the night. From the light of that
fire, all things around him became bright and he became able to recognize the
difference among profitable and harmful things. But suddenly, God Almighty
snatched his eye-sight. And now he cannot see anything while surroundings of
him are bright. Just like blinds, he is wandering hither and thither and cannot
reap advantage of the Brightness.
This likeness is fit on the
Hypocrites. Before Islam, they were lying in the darkness of the infidelity;
there was no distinction between good and bad for them. Then the Candle of
Islam was enlightened and they began to reap advantage from it, but suddenly,
all opportunities, which they were availing due to Islam, were snatched. Their
original face came before the Muslims. And they did not remain able to deceive
the Muslims. Some of them leaned towards evil by giving up the Truth at their
own and some were forfeited to get advantage from the Light of Islam due to
their personal means. The light of Islam became useless for them in these three
conditions and the darkness spread everywhere.
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