أَوْ Or aw like a rainstorm kaṣayyibin from mina the sky l-samāi in it (are) fīhi darkness[es] ẓulumātun and thunder waraʿdun and lightning wabarqun They put yajʿalūna their fingers aṣābiʿahum in fī their ears ādhānihim from mina the thunderclaps l-ṣawāʿiqi (in) fear (of) ḥadhara [the] death l-mawti And Allah wal-lahu (is) [the One Who] encompasses muḥīṭun the disbelievers bil-kāfirīna
Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing of the disbelievers.
يَكَادُ Almost yakādu the lightning l-barqu snatches away yakhṭafu their sight abṣārahum Whenever kullamā it flashes aḍāa for them lahum they walk mashaw in it fīhi and when wa-idhā it darkens aẓlama on them ʿalayhim they stand (still) qāmū And if walaw had willed shāa Allah l-lahu He would certainly have taken away ladhahaba their hearing bisamʿihim and their sight wa-abṣārihim Indeed inna Allah l-laha (is) on ʿalā every kulli thing shayin All-Powerful qadīrun
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.