Surah 61 As-Saff — Ayah 8
يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ
دوى غواړي چې په خپلو خولو سره د الله رڼا مړه كړي۔ او الله د خپلې رڼا پوره كوونكى دى۔ اګر كه كافران (دا كار) بد ګڼي
yurīdūna liyuṭ'fiū nūra l-lahi bi-afwāhihim wal-lahu mutimmu nūrihi walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
Word by word
- يُرِيدُونَ yurīdūna They intend
- لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ liyuṭ'fiū to put out
- نُورَ nūra (the) light
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ bi-afwāhihim with their mouths
- وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu but Allah
- مُتِمُّ mutimmu will perfect
- نُورِهِۦ nūrihi His Light
- وَلَوْ walaw although
- كَرِهَ kariha dislike
- ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ l-kāfirūna the disbelievers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Most Unjust among all People
Allah said,
(And who does more wrong than the one who invents a lie against Allah, while he is being invited to Islam) meaning, none is more unjust than he who lies about Allah and calls upon rivals and associates partners with Him, even while he is being invited to Tawhid and sincerely worshipping Him. This is why Allah said,
(And Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers.) Allah said,
(They intend to put out the Light of Allah with their mouths.) indicating that the disbelievers will try to contradict the truth with falsehood. Their attempts are similar to one's attempt to extinguish the sun with his mouth, which is impossible. Likewise is the case of their attempt to extinguish truth. So Allah said,
(But Allah will bring His Light to perfection even though the disbelievers hate (it). He it is Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the idolators hate (it).) We explained the meanings of similar Ayat before, in the Tafsir of Surah Bara'ah. All praise and thanks are due to Allah.