2.11 Al-Baqarah — The Wisdom of Allah’s Parable of “Darkness and Lightning” for the Hypocrites
Read in Arabic: Arabic Text Listen in Chinese: YouTube Audio السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته Praise be to Allah—the Most High and Most Great—and countless blessings upon our Seal of the Prophets, Muḥammad ﷺ. May Allah be pleased with all the noble Companions. Today I am sharing the following: when we read Sūrat al-Baqarah, we find that Allah—Most High and Most Great—mentions the hypocrites and gives a parable for them. Our Lord likens the hypocrites to the phenomena of darkness and lightning. What I want to analyze with you is: why did our Lord use these parables when describing the hypocrites? And why did He not present such a parable in the same way for other wrongdoers and disbelievers—using it specifically for the hypocrites? We will offer a brief analysis of this wisdom. The Verses of the Parable (Al-Baqarah 17–20) First, let us recite the verses in which our Lord gives these parables for the hypocrites. In Sūrat al-Baqarah, verses 17 to 20 speak about this: {مَثَلُهُمْ...