Quran 40:58 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The blind and the sighted are not equal, just as those who believe and do good works and those who do evil are not equal: how seldom you reflect!
وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْبَصِيرُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَلَا الْمُسِيءُ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ
wamā yastawī l-aʿmā wal-baṣīru wa-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti walā l-musīu qalīlan mā tatadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Not equal are the blind and the seeing man, those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, and the wrong-doer. Little do you reflect.
- Muhammad Asad
- But [then,] the blind and the seeing are not equal; and neither [can] they who have attained to faith and do good works and the doers of evil [be deemed equal]. How seldom do you keep this in mind!
- Sahih International
- And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | يَسْتَوِىyastawī | (are) equal | سوي |
| 3 | ٱلْأَعْمَىٰl-aʿmā | the blind | عمي |
| 4 | وَٱلْبَصِيرُwal-baṣīru | and the seeing | بصر |
| 5 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 6 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 7 | وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilū | and do | عمل |
| 8 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ ۚl-musīu | the evildoer | سوأ |
| 11 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | Little | قلل |
| 12 | مَّاmā | (is) what | — |
| 13 | تَتَذَكَّرُونَtatadhakkarūna | you take heed | ذكر |