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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 19of 286

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌۭ وَرَعْدٌۭ وَبَرْقٌۭ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
كَصَيِّبٍۢkaṣayyibinlike a rainstorm
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
فِيهِfīhiin it (are)
ظُلُمَـٰتٌۭẓulumātundarkness[es]
وَرَعْدٌۭwaraʿdunand thunder
وَبَرْقٌۭwabarqunand lightning
يَجْعَلُونَyajʿalūnaThey put
أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingers
فِىٓin
ءَاذَانِهِمādhānihimtheir ears
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِl-ṣawāʿiqithe thunderclaps
حَذَرَḥadhara(in) fear (of)
ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚl-mawti[the] death
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
مُحِيطٌۢmuḥīṭun(is) [the One Who] encompasses
بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Another Parable of the HypocritesThis is another parable which Allah gave about the hypocrites who sometimes know the truth and doubt it at other times. When they suffer from doubt, confusion and disbelief, their hearts are,كَصَيِّبٍ(Like a Sayyib), meaning, "The rain", as Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Abbas, and several other Companions have confirmed as well as Abu Al-`Aliyah, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ata', Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Qatadah, `Atiyah Al-`Awfi, `Ata' Al-Khurasani, As-Suddi and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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