In Surah Albaqara (Chapter #2), verses 12 and 13 are ones that I consistently make mistakes in while reviewing my memorization. In the end of verse 12, it says:
ولكن لا يشعرون
"Yet they do not feel it".
In the end of verse 13, it says:
ولكن لا يعلمون
"Yet they do not know it"
Then it hit me one day how to distinguish between them. In verse 12, the verse in the beginning refers to those who bring corruption (المفسدون ). How is corruption brought typically? Most of the time, it is by hand; something physical. Therefore, it is something we can feel. Those who corrupt, however, do not feel their own corruption, which brings us to the end of the verse, that they cannot feel their own corruption.
In verse 13, it talks about the disbelievers' lack of intellect. When someone lacks intellect, or is stupid for that matter, he does not know of it. Why? Because once again, he lacks intellect. Which is why God concludes the verse by saying "Yet they know not".
Relating the concluding lines of a verse to the actual meaning of the body of the verse as a whole, helps with memorization, and most importantly, understanding.
ولكن لا يشعرون
"Yet they do not feel it".
In the end of verse 13, it says:
ولكن لا يعلمون
"Yet they do not know it"
Then it hit me one day how to distinguish between them. In verse 12, the verse in the beginning refers to those who bring corruption (المفسدون ). How is corruption brought typically? Most of the time, it is by hand; something physical. Therefore, it is something we can feel. Those who corrupt, however, do not feel their own corruption, which brings us to the end of the verse, that they cannot feel their own corruption.
In verse 13, it talks about the disbelievers' lack of intellect. When someone lacks intellect, or is stupid for that matter, he does not know of it. Why? Because once again, he lacks intellect. Which is why God concludes the verse by saying "Yet they know not".
Relating the concluding lines of a verse to the actual meaning of the body of the verse as a whole, helps with memorization, and most importantly, understanding.
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