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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 24
۞ مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿24﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal when compared? Will you not then take heed?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ مَثَلُ
mathalu
(The) example
ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ
l-farīqayni
(of) the two parties
كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ
kal-aʿmā
(is) like the blind
وَٱلْأَصَمِّ
wal-aṣami
and the deaf
وَٱلْبَصِيرِ
wal-baṣīri
and the seer
وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ
wal-samīʿi
and the hearer
هَلْ
hal
Are
يَسْتَوِيَانِ
yastawiyāni
they equal
مَثَلًا ۚ
mathalan
(in) comparison
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then, will not
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
you take heed
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 24) {مَثَلُ الْفَرِيْقَيْنِ كَالْاَعْمٰى وَ الْاَصَمِّ وَ الْبَصِيْرِ وَ السَّمِيْعِ …:} Through an example, the image of something becomes clear and it becomes easier to understand. The purpose is that a believer is one who sees and hears, while a disbeliever is blind and deaf. Both are opposites and contrary to each other. Do you not understand how a blind and deaf person can walk on the straight path, who neither sees the way himself nor listens when told? That is why the disbelievers will say: «{لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ اَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيْۤ اَصْحٰبِ السَّعِيْرِ }» [ الملک : ۱۰ ] "If we had listened or understood, we would not have been among the people of the blazing fire."
