“As if they were Alarmed Donkeys”
Bismillah
Allah ta’ala says in surah Muddaththir:
Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away, As if they were alarmed donkeys, fleeing from a lion? (74:49-51)
Allah compares them in their turning away from the Qur’an to a donkey that sees a lion and runs away from it out of fright. This is of the most amazing analogies and similitudes - these people in their ignorance to the Messenger that Allah has sent are like donkeys - because it does not comprehend anything - when it hears the sound of a lion, it flees with the greatest of fleeing. This is a humiliation for them…They flee from the guidance that holds their happiness and success like the donkey flees from that will destroy and kill it.
-Imam ibn Qayyim rahimahullah, Bada’i at-Tafseer.
Amatullah | Qur'an, Tafseer, Translation | 06 10th, 2010 |
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Assalamualykum sister,
Jazakillahu khairaan kaseera.This reminded me of another ayah “Those who claim they worship Allah but not follow His Law are like donkeys that carry books and not understand what they carry.”
Surah 62:5.
May Allah bless us with Imaan, hidayath.
assalamualykum.