Surah As-Saff 61:8 — translation and meaning
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يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
Word by Word
يُرِيدُونَ
yuriduna
They intend
لِيُطْفِئُوا
liyut'fiu
to put out
نُورَ
nura
(the) light
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ
bi-afwahihim
with their mouths
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
but Allah
مُتِمُّ
mutimmu
will perfect
نُورِهِ
nurihi
His Light
وَلَوْ
walaw
although
كَرِهَ
kariha
dislike
الْكَافِرُونَ
al-kafiruna
the disbelievers
Transliteration
Yureedoona liyutfi'oo nooral laahi bi afwaahimim wallaahu mutimmu noorihee wa law karihal kaafiroon
Translation
They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
These deniers want to extinguish Allah’s light with the false statements and distortion of the truth that proceed from them. Allah will perfect His light despite them by making His religion triumph in the east and the west of the earth and by raising His word.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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