سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 122
أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَـٰهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ نُورًا يَمْشِى بِهِۦ فِى ٱلنَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُۥ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿122﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Is he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave him life (by knowledge and Faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he can walk amongst men - like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out? Thus it is made fair-seeming to the disbelievers that which they used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَمَن
awaman
Is (one) who
كَانَ
kāna
was
مَيْتًۭا
maytan
dead
فَأَحْيَيْنَـٰهُ
fa-aḥyaynāhu
and We gave him life
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
and We made
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
نُورًۭا
nūran
light
يَمْشِى
yamshī
he walks
بِهِۦ
bihi
whereby
فِى
fī
among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
كَمَن
kaman
like (one) who
مَّثَلُهُۥ
mathaluhu
[similar to him]
فِى
fī
(is) in
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ
l-ẓulumāti
the darknesses
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
بِخَارِجٍۢ
bikhārijin
he comes out
مِّنْهَا ۚ
min'hā
of it
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
زُيِّنَ
zuyyina
is made fair-seeming
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
lil'kāfirīna
to the disbelievers
مَا
mā
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
doing
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122. Is the one who was dead, then We gave him life and provided him with a light by which he walks among people, like the one who is in darkness from which he cannot come out [129]? Thus, the deeds of the disbelievers have been made attractive to them.
[129]
The Example of a Disbeliever and a Believer:
Here, "dead" refers to being spiritually dead. That is, a person was first a disbeliever, then he accepted Islam and was blessed with the light of the knowledge of revelation. Living among people, he spends his life according to that light, while another person is drowning in the darkness of disbelief, polytheism, ignorance, and misguidance, and finds no way out of these darknesses. Can the condition of these two be the same? And the reason he finds no way out is that these darknesses themselves begin to appear as light to him, and his evil deeds seem good to him. He finds pleasure in every wickedness, and considers every foolishness to be the truth.
[129]
The Example of a Disbeliever and a Believer:
Here, "dead" refers to being spiritually dead. That is, a person was first a disbeliever, then he accepted Islam and was blessed with the light of the knowledge of revelation. Living among people, he spends his life according to that light, while another person is drowning in the darkness of disbelief, polytheism, ignorance, and misguidance, and finds no way out of these darknesses. Can the condition of these two be the same? And the reason he finds no way out is that these darknesses themselves begin to appear as light to him, and his evil deeds seem good to him. He finds pleasure in every wickedness, and considers every foolishness to be the truth.
