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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 40of 89

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَأَنتَafa-antaThen can you
تُسْمِعُtus'miʿucause to hear
ٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumathe deaf
أَوْawor
تَهْدِىtahdīguide
ٱلْعُمْىَl-ʿum'yathe blind
وَمَنwamanand (one) who
كَانَkānais
فِىin
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinan error
مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Shaytan is the Companion of the One Who turns away from Ar-Rahmanوَمَن يَعْشُ(And whosoever Ya`shu (turns away blindly)) means, whoever willfully ignores and turns awayعَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ(from the remembrance of the Most Gracious,) Al-`Asha (the root of Ya`sh) refers to weakness of vision; what is meant here is weakness of insight.نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ(We appoint for him Shaytan to be a Qarin (a companion) to him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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