Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 18 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 18

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 18 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 18 Translation

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 18

2:18 Al-Baqarah

‎صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ 

Deaf, mute and blind - so they will not return [to the right path] (Al-Baqarah 2:18)

Surah Baqarah Verse 18

☘️In this noble āyah, we find a description of them in that they are ṣummun (صُمٌّ - deaf). They do not hear the guidance with a hearing that elicits a response. Allāh deserted them due to their wicked deeds. And when they did not hear the evidences of Allāh, they became like the deaf who does not hear.

☘️Bukmun (بُكْمٌ): Meaning mute, for they do not utter the truth. The one who is bukm (in Arabic) is the one who was born mute.

☘️Umyun (عُمْيٌّ - blind): For they do not see the truth, nor do they benefit from the signs of Allāh – ones that are read, and ones that are visible. Allāh placed over them a cover as an appropriate recompense, for they did not place the blessings of Allāh in obedience to Allāh. They do not see lessons nor guidance, so they have no acuteness, and the one without acuteness is like the one who has no sight.

☘️So they will not return: They will not return to guidance from misguidance, and will not attain salvation, because they abandoned guidance after they came to know it, and ventured into temptation.

☘️The (letter) fā’ (ف) in fahum (فَهُم – “so they”) is for branching. Their not returning to guidance is branched from these negative effects, and caused by these impairments.

☘️In this noble āyah there is evidence that the hypocrites did not benefit from their hearing, their sight, or their tongues – which is the (encompassment of) rejection and concealment.

🔮Allah is never blind to your tears, never deaf to your prayers and never silent to your pain. He sees, he hears and he's never too far.

💎 I ask Allah SWT to keep us close to him always, Aameen

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