Begin with the full passage, then use the reading diagram to trace its image or contrast.
مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see, Deaf, dumb and blind; and they return not.
Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 2:17-18
The opening image provides light around the person.
The passage then describes the removal of light.
The comparison ends with people unable to see.
An editorial reading aid. Nodes show the named imagery, contrasts, or sequence, not a complete interpretation.
Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar compares outwardly professed faith followed by rejection with light that is lost in darkness.
Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar ↗Original concise English paraphrase of the retrieved Arabic commentary.
Notice the movement from illumination to darkness. What do the surrounding verses add?
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