Ya-Sin 36:66
Ya Sin · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 444
Eyes That Do Not See
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ ٦٦
And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
If We willed, We would blot out their eyes; then they would race for the path, but how would they see?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is mainly a warning about this world: Allah could blind the ungrateful even now. That He does not is not for lack of power, but because the reckoning is in the Hereafter.
Reflect
Think of your eyes as a trust given to you.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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