Fatir (Originator)
Verse 20of 45
وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ﴿٢٠﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Nor are the darknesses and the light,
Word-by-word meaning
وَلَاwalāAnd not
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُl-ẓulumātuthe darkness[es]
وَلَاwalāand not
ٱلنُّورُl-nūru[the] light
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equalAllah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and the dead are not equal. This is the parable Allah makes of the believers who are the living, and the disbelievers who are the dead.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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