What is the significance of being resurrected as "blind (from birth)"?
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In Surah Taha, Allah says:
> He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once]
> seeing?" (Surah Taha, verse 125 )
From surah 'abasa, we know that the word used here and translated as blind, أَعْمَىٰ (a3maa) means *blind from birth*. It does not refer to a person who acquired blindness during their lifetime after having the ability to see.
This seems interesting -- that a person who, by their own admission, *could see in their dunya life,* is now *resurrected blind (from birth).* What is the significance of the word a'maa here, as opposed to a different word that could have been used to describe "could once see but is now blind"?
> He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once]
> seeing?" (Surah Taha, verse 125 )
From surah 'abasa, we know that the word used here and translated as blind, أَعْمَىٰ (a3maa) means *blind from birth*. It does not refer to a person who acquired blindness during their lifetime after having the ability to see.
This seems interesting -- that a person who, by their own admission, *could see in their dunya life,* is now *resurrected blind (from birth).* What is the significance of the word a'maa here, as opposed to a different word that could have been used to describe "could once see but is now blind"?
Asked by ashes999
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Jul 17, 2012, 09:23 PM
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