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As-Saf 8

Ayah 8 of 14 · Medinan

يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطۡفِـُٔواْ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ٨

They want to extinguish the light of Allāh with their mouths, but Allāh will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يُرِيدُونَThey intendyurīdūna
  2. لِيُطۡفِـُٔواْto put outliyuṭ'fiū
  3. نُورَ(the) lightnūra
  4. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  5. بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡwith their mouthsbi-afwāhihim
  6. وَٱللَّهُbut Allahwal-lahu
  7. مُتِمُّwill perfectmutimmu
  8. نُورِهِۦHis Lightnūrihi
  9. وَلَوۡalthoughwalaw
  10. كَرِهَdislikekariha
  11. ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَthe disbelieversl-kāfirūna

Tafsir

These deniers want to extinguish Allah’s light with the false statements and distortion of the truth that proceed from them. Allah will perfect His light despite them by making His religion triumph in the east and the west of the earth and by raising His word.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran