Quran 35:20

Surah Fatir, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 45 in Surah Fatir (فاطر), chapter 35 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ

EnglishSaheeh International: Nor are the darknesses and the light,
TamilJan Trust Foundation: (அவ்வாறே) இருளம் ஒளியும் (சமமாகா).
SinhalaRuwwad Center: තවද අන්ධකාරයන් හා ආලෝකය ද (සමාන) නො වේ.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: اور نہ تاریکی اور روشنی.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: 暗黒と光明も，
ChineseMa Jian: . 黑暗与光明也不相等，

Tafsir of 35:20

The Believer and the Disbeliever are not equal Allah says that these antonyms are clearly not equal, the blind and the seeing are not equal, there is a difference and a huge gap between them. Darkness and light are not equal, neither are shade and the sun's heat. By the same token, the living and the dead are not equal. This is the parable Allah makes of the believers who are the living, and the disbelievers who are the dead. This is like the Ayat: أَوَمَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِى النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ (Is he who was dead and We gave him life and set for him a light (of belief) whereby he can walk amongst men -- like him who is in the (depths of) darkness from which he can never come out) (6:122), مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالاٌّعْمَى وَالاٌّصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاً (The parable of the two parties is as that of the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)