مَثَلُهُمْ کَمَثَلِ الَّذِى اسْتَوْقَدَ نَاراً فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَکَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـت لاَّ یُبْصِرُونَ(( 17 ))

17- THEIR PARABLE IS LIKE THE PARABLE OF ONE WHO KINDLED A FIRE, (TO FIND WAY IN A DARK DESERT) AND WHEN IT LIT ALL ROUND HIM, ALLAH (RAISED A STORM) AND TOOK AWAY THEIR LIGHT, AND LEFT THEM IN DARKNESS UNSEEING.

صُمٌّ بُکْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لاَ یَرْجِعُونَ(( 18 ))

18- DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT TURN BACK.

أَوْ کَصَیّب مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ فِیهِ ظُلُمَـتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ یَجْعَلُونَ أَصَـبِعَهُمْ فِى ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ الصَّوعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ وَاللهُ مُحِیطٌ بِالْکَـفِرِینَ(( 19 ))

19- OR AS CLOUD BURST OUT OF THE SKY IN WHICH IS DARKNESS, AND THUNDER, AND LIGHTNING. THEY PUT THEIR FINGER IN THEIR EARS AGAINST THE THUNDER CLAPS, FEARFUL OF DEATH, AND ALLAH ENCOMPASSES THE UNBELIEVERS. (THEY ARE ALL UNDER HIS CONTROL)

یَکَادُ الْبَرْقُ یَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـرَهُمْ کُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْاْ فِیهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَیْهِمْ قَامُواْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـرِهِمْ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلَى کُلِّ شَىء قَدِیرٌ(( 20 ))

20- THE LIGHTNING ALMOST TAKES AWAY THEIR SIGHT. WHENEVER IT FLASHES UPON THEM THEY WALK ON, BUT AS SOON AS IT DARKENS THEY HALT. HAD ALLAH WILLED HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN AWAY THEIR HEARING AND THEIR SIGHT; FOR ALLAH HAS POWER OVER ALL THINGS.