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Medinan · Surah 13 of 114

Ar-Ra'd 13:19

The Thunder · ayah 19 of 43

۞ أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

Afaman yaAAlamu annama onzila ilaykamin rabbika alhaqqu kaman huwa aAAma innamayatathakkaru oloo al-albab

"Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -"

Saheeh International translation

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"Can someone who knows that the revelation from your Lord is the Truth be equal to someone who is blind? Only those with understanding will take it to heart;"

Pickthall (classic)+

"Is he who knoweth that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the truth like him who is blind? But only men of understanding heed;"

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Is then one who doth know that that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition;-"

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

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The Believer and the Disbeliever are never Equal

Allah says, `They could never be equal; those among people who know that what,

أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ

(has been revealed unto you), O Muhammad,

مِن رَبِّكَ

(from your Lord) is the truth about which there is no doubt and in which there is no confusion, vagueness or contradiction. Rather, they believe that all of it is the truth, each part of it testifying to another. They believe that none of its parts contradicts the others, that all its information is true and that all its commandments and prohibitions are just,

وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاً

(And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice.) 6:15 It is accurate in its information and stories and just in what it orders. Therefore, the Ayah says, those who believe in the truth that you brought, O Muhammad, are not at all similar to those who are blind and cannot find guidance to what benefits them, which they cannot even comprehend. And even if they comprehend the guidance, they will not follow it, believe in it or abide by it.' Allah said in another Ayah,

لاَ يَسْتَوِى أَصْحَـبُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَـبُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَـبُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُونَ

(Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise. It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful.) 59:20 Allah said in this honorable Ayah,

أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَبِّكَ الْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَى

(Shall he then who knows that what has been revealed unto you from your Lord is the truth, be like him who is blind) They are not equal. Allah said next,

إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ الأَلْبَـبِ

(But it is only the men of understanding that pay heed.) meaning, it is those who have sound minds who draw lessons, gain wisdom and understand. We ask Allah to make us among them.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

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После упоминания о том, как отличать истину от лжи, Всевышний Аллах сообщил, что все люди делятся на две группы. Одни отвечают на Его призыв и удостаиваются вознаграждения, а другие отказываются отвечать на Его призыв и заслуживают наказания. Первые всем сердцем покоряются знаниям и вере, повинуются повелениям и запретам религии, выполняют то, чего от них требует Всевышний Аллах, и заслуживают прекрасной жизни и щедрого вознаграждения. Они обладают самыми славными качествами и самыми прекрасными достоинствами. А вознаграждение ожидает их как при жизни на земле, так и после смерти. Они получат то, чего не видывал взор, чего не слышали уши и о чем даже не помышляла человеческая душа. А вторые отказываются уверовать даже после того, как им приводят притчи и разъясняют истину, и поэтому они никогда не познают прекрасной жизни. Если даже они смогут заполучить столько золота и серебра, сколько может уместиться на земле, или даже вдвое больше того, они не смогут откупиться от наказания в День воскресения. Где им спастись от него?!! Их расчет будет ужасен, потому что им придется отвечать за все совершенные злодеяния, и они увидят, что все обиды, причиненные ими рабам Аллаха, были записаны. Всевышний сказал: «Будет положена книга, и ты увидишь, как грешники будут трепетать от того, что в ней. Они скажут: “Горе нам! Что это за книга! В ней не упущен ни малый, ни великий грех - все подсчитано”. Они обнаружат перед собой все, что совершили, и твой Господь ни с кем не поступит несправедливо» (18:49). А после ужасного расчета они найдут свое пристанище в Преисподней, где собраны самые страшные муки и страдания. Страшный голод, мучительная жажда, обжигающий пламень, отвратительные плоды заккума, лютая стужа, ядовитые колючки - эти и другие наказания, о которых поведал Аллах, ожидают мучеников в Преисподней. Как же ужасно это пристанище!

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English

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Commentary

Truth and Falsehood were explained through parables in verses appearing previous to those cited above. Now, in the present verses, there is a description of the distinguishing marks and attributes of the people of Truth and the people of Falsehood, along with a description of their good and bad deeds, and their reward and punishment.

The first verse (18) carries a description of the good return reserved for those who obey Divine injunctions and act in accordance with them, and conversely, of the severe punishment for those who disobey them and act negatively.

In the second verse (19), the two groups have been identified as the sighted and the blind through a parable and, at the end, it was said: إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ‌ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ that is, 'only the people of understanding respond to the advice.' It means what has been exemplified here is, though, fairly clear and obvious, yet it can only be understood and appreciated by those who have their essential reason intact with them. Those who have their faculty of reason all impaired by heedlessness and disobedience cannot understand a difference so great.

From the third verse (20) begins a description of particular deeds and marks which distinguish the two groups. Taken up first are the attributes of those who believe in and obey Divine injunctions. The initial at-tribute mentioned is:

Tafsīr sourced from quran.com's open API. These are classical commentaries; for personal rulings consult a qualified scholar.

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