📝 Word of the day (2)
6 September 2020 • 2.7K views
سَرَابٌ
[مَا يُرَى مِنْ بَعِيدٍ فِي وَاضِحَةِ النَّهَارِ]
* (Noun) Mirage; an optical illusion seen from far in the clearance of the day.
Sentence 1⃣:
{وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوۤا۟ أَعۡمَـٰلُهُمۡ كَسَرَابِۭ بِقِیعَةࣲ یَحۡسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ مَاۤءً حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا جَاۤءَهُۥ لَمۡ یَجِدۡهُ شَیۡـࣰٔا}
“As for the disbelievers, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert plain. The thirsty man thinks it is water until, when he reaches it, he finds it to be nothing. ”
[Sūrah An-Nūr 39]
In this Āyah Allāh resembles the deeds of the disbelievers to a mirage; whoever sees them thinks that they are beneficial deeds, but they are being deceived by their outward appearance, for when they come on the day of judgement; the day when they will be in most need of good deeds, just as the thirsty man needs water, they will not find anything.”
[paraphrased from Tafsīr As-Si‘dī]
Sentence 2⃣:
{وَسُیِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا}
“When the mountains will vanish like a mirage.”
[Sūrah An-Naba' 20]
i.e. When the trumpet is blown on the Day of judgement
Sentence 3⃣:
هُوَ أَخْدَعُ مِنَ ٱلسَّرَابِ
'He is more deceptive than a mirage.' (proverb)
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Synonym (ٱلْآلُ)