Surah 13 Ar-Ra'd — Ayah 19
۞ أَفَمَن يَعْلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ كَمَنْ هُوَ أَعْمَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
Je ten, jenž ví, že to, co ti bylo sesláno od Pána tvého, je pravda, podoben slepci? To připomenou si věru lidé rozmyslem nadaní,
afaman yaʿlamu annamā unzila ilayka min rabbika l-ḥaqu kaman huwa aʿmā innamā yatadhakkaru ulū l-albābi
Word by word
- ۞ أَفَمَن afaman Then is (he) who
- يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu knows
- أَنَّمَآ annamā that which
- أُنزِلَ unzila has been revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
- مِن min from
- رَّبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
- ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu (is) the truth
- كَمَنْ kaman like (one) who
- هُوَ huwa [he]
- أَعْمَىٰٓ ۚ aʿmā (is) blind
- إِنَّمَا innamā Only
- يَتَذَكَّرُ yatadhakkaru pay heed
- أُو۟لُوا۟ ulū men
- ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ l-albābi (of) understanding
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Believer and the Disbeliever are never Equal
Allah says, `They could never be equal; those among people who know that what,
(has been revealed unto you), O Muhammad,
(from your Lord) is the truth about which there is no doubt and in which there is no confusion, vagueness or contradiction. Rather, they believe that all of it is the truth, each part of it testifying to another. They believe that none of its parts contradicts the others, that all its information is true and that all its commandments and prohibitions are just,
(And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice.) 6:15 It is accurate in its information and stories and just in what it orders. Therefore, the Ayah says, those who believe in the truth that you brought, O Muhammad, are not at all similar to those who are blind and cannot find guidance to what benefits them, which they cannot even comprehend. And even if they comprehend the guidance, they will not follow it, believe in it or abide by it.' Allah said in another Ayah,
(Not equal are the dwellers of the Fire and the dwellers of the Paradise. It is the dwellers of Paradise that will be successful.) 59:20 Allah said in this honorable Ayah,
(Shall he then who knows that what has been revealed unto you from your Lord is the truth, be like him who is blind) They are not equal. Allah said next,
(But it is only the men of understanding that pay heed.) meaning, it is those who have sound minds who draw lessons, gain wisdom and understand. We ask Allah to make us among them.