Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 171
وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءً وَنِدَآءً ۚ صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
Al-Baqarah · 2:171
Word by word
- وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd (the) example
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
- كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one who
- يَنْعِقُyanʿiqushouts
- بِمَاbimāat what
- لَاlānot
- يَسْمَعُyasmaʿu(does) hear
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- دُعَآءًۭduʿāancalls
- وَنِدَآءًۭ ۚwanidāanand cries
- صُمٌّۢṣummundeaf
- بُكْمٌbuk'mundumb
- عُمْىٌۭʿum'yun(and) blind
- فَهُمْfahum[so] they
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand
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