EXAMPLES OF HYPOCRITES

2:17. Their example is someone who kindled a fire; then, when the light grew bright around him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness. (So) they could not see.

2:18. They are deaf, dumb, and blind, so they will never return (to the Right Path).

2:19 Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunderclap for fear of death. But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers.(i.e. Allah will gather them all together)

2:20. The lightning almost takes away their vision. When the lightning brightens their surroundings, they walk and when it is dark, they stand still. Had Allah wanted, He could have taken away their hearing and their vision. Allah has power over all things.

DISBELIEVERS FOLLOW THEIR FOREFATHERS

2:170. When it is said to them: “Follow what Allah has sent down.” They say: “Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers practicing.” (Would they still do that!) Even though their forefathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?

2:171. And the example of those who disbelieve, is as that of him who shouts to the (flock of sheep) that hears nothing but calls and cries. (They are) deaf, dumb and blind. So they do not understand.

DISBELIEVERS ASK TO HASTEN THE TORMENT

22:46 Have they not traveled throughout the land so their hearts may reason, and their ears may listen? Indeed, it is not the eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts in the chests that grow blind.

22:47 They challenge you ˹O Prophet˺ to hasten the torment. And Allah will never fail in His promise. But a day with your Lord is indeed like a thousand years by your counting.

22:48 Many are the societies whose end We delayed while they did wrong, then seized them. And to Me is the final return.

22:49 Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O humanity! I am only sent to you with a clear warning.
22:50 So those who believe and do good will have forgiveness and an honorable provision.22:51 But those who strive to discredit Our revelations, they will be the residents of the Hellfire.”

22:52 Whenever We sent a messenger or a prophet before you ˹O Prophet˺ and he recited ˹Our revelations˺, Shaitan would influence ˹people’s understanding of˺ his recitation. But ˹eventually˺ Allah would eliminate Shaitan’s influence. Then Allah would ˹firmly˺ establish His revelations. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

22:53 All that so He may make Shaitan’s influence a trial for those ˹hypocrites˺ whose hearts are sick and those ˹disbelievers˺ whose hearts are hardened. Surely the wrongdoers are totally engrossed in opposition.

22:54˹This is˺ also so that those gifted with knowledge would know that this ˹revelation˺ is the truth from your Lord, so they have faith in it, and so their hearts would submit humbly to it. And Allah surely guides the believers to the Straight Path.

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