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[AI] "To strike a likeness with a mosquito or anything above it. As for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord. And as for those who disbelieve, they say, 'What does Allah mean by this example?' He misleads many thereby, and guides many thereby. And He only misleads the defiantly disobedient." [Al-Baqarah: 26] He said, "That is to say, they know that it is the speech of the Most Merciful."

الدارمي:٣٣٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي

أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلاً يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ} [البقرة 26] قَالَ أَيْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الرَّحْمَنِ

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quran:2:26

God does not shy from drawing comparisons even with something as small as a gnat, or larger: the believers know it is the truth from their Lord, but the disbelievers say, ‘What does God mean by such a comparison?’ Through it He makes many go astray and leads many to the right path. But it is only the rebels He makes go astray:

^Innal laaha laa yastahyee-e ai yadriba masalam maa ba'oodatan famaa fawqahaa, faammal lazeena aamanoo faya'lamoona annahul haqqu mir rabbihim; wa-ammal lazeena kafaroo fayaqooloona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa. Yudillu bihee- kaseeranw wa-yahdee bihee kaseeraa’n wa-maa yudillu bihee-e illal faasiqeen

مقطع:٢:٢٦

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلࣰا مَّا بَعُوضَةࣰ فَمَا فَوْقَهَاۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلࣰاۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرࣰا وَيَهْدِي بِهِۦ كَثِيرࣰاۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ