ONE AYAT A DAY
وَمَثَلُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِيْ يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ اِلَّا دُعَاۤءً وَّنِدَاۤءً ۗ صُمٌّ ۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُوْنَ
Wa maṡalul-lażīna kafarū kamaṡalil-lażī yan‘iqu bimā lā yasma‘u illā du‘ā'aw wa nidā'ā(n), ṣummum bukmun ‘umyun fahum lā ya‘qilūn(a).
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
The Polytheist imitates Other PolytheistsAllah states that if the disbelievers and polytheists are called to follow what Allah has revealed to His Messenger and abandon the practices of misguidance and ignorance that they indulge in, they will say, "Rather. We shall follow what we found our fathers following," meaning, worshipping the idols and the false deities. Allah criticized their reasoning:أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَاؤُهُمْ((Would they do that!) even though their fathers), meaning, those whom they follow and whose practices they imitate, and:لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَهْتَدُونَ(...did not understand anything nor were they guided) meaning, they had no sound understanding or guidance. Ibn Ishaq reported that Ibn `Abbas said that this was revealed about a group of Jews whom Allah's Messenger ﷺ called to Islam, but they refused, saying, "Rather, we shall follow what we found our forefathers following." So Allah revealed this Ayah (2:170) above."The Disbeliever is just like an AnimalAllah then made a parable of the disbelievers, just as He said in another Ayah:لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ(For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil description.) (16:60)Similarly, Allah said here (2:171 above)وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ(And the example of those who disbelieve...) meaning, in their injustice, misguidance and ignorance, they are just like wa…