The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:171
وَمَثَلُ
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
كَمَثَلِ
الَّذِي
يَنْعِقُ
بِمَا
لَا
يَسْمَعُ
إِلَّا
دُعَاءً
وَنِدَاءً
صُمٌّ
بُكْمٌ
عُمْيٌ
فَهُمْ
لَا
يَعْقِلُونَ
wa-mathalu lladhīna kafarū ka-mathali lladhī yanʿiqu bi-mā lā yasmaʿu ʾillā duʿāʾan wa-nidāʾan ṣummun bukmun ʿumyun fa-hum lā yaʿqilūna
Preaching to unbelievers is like talking to someone who cannot hear anything except yells and shouts. They are deaf, dumb, and blind; they have no understanding.