وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاء حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئاً وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ{39} أَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُّجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ سَحَابٌ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَا أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِن نُّورٍ{40}النور.بين الصورة الموجودة في الآيات الكريمة.
والذين كفروا بربهم وكذَّبوا رسله، أعمالهم التي ظنوها نافعة لهم في الآخرة،كسراب، وهو ما يشاهَد كالماء على الأرض المستوية في الظهيرة، يظنه العطشان ماء، فإذا أتاه لم يجده ماء. فالكافر يظن أن أعماله تنفعه, فإذا كان يوم القيامة لم يجد لها ثوابًا، ووجد الله سبحانه وتعالى له بالمرصاد فوفَّاه جزاء عمله كاملا. والله سريع الحساب، فلا يستبطئ الجاهلون ذلك الوعد، فإنه لا بدَّ مِن إتيانه. أو تكون أعمالهم مثل ظلمات في بحر عميق يعلوه موج, من فوق الموج موج آخر، ومِن فوقه سحاب كثيف، ظلمات شديدة بعضها فوق بعض، إذا أخرج الناظر يده لم يقارب رؤيتها من شدة الظلمات، فالكفار تراكمت عليهم ظلمات الشرك والضلال وفساد الأعمال. ومن لم يجعل الله له نورًا من كتابه وسنة نبيه يهتدي به فما له مِن هاد.
مثل في آية
Those who disbelieve in their Lord and deny His messengers, their deeds which they thought would benefit them in the Hereafter are like a mirage, which seems to be water, but when one reaches it, he finds it not. The disbeliever thinks that his deeds will benefit him, but on the Day of Judgment, he will not find any reward for them. Allah, the Exalted, will be there to recompense him fully for his deeds. Allah is swift in reckoning, so the ignorant should not delay this promise, for it will surely come. Or their deeds may be like darkness in the depths of the sea, above which waves upon waves rise, and above them thick clouds, darkness upon darkness, so that when a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it for the thickness of the darkness. Such are the disbelievers, upon whom darkness of disbelief and misguidance, and corruption of deeds have accumulated. And whoever Allah does not give light from His Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, he has no guide.
Like in a verse
What is the meaning of the light in the verses of the Quran?
Quran Surah 24 Ayah 39:
And The Deeds Of The Disbelievers Are Like A Mirage In A Vast Barren Field Which The Thirsty One Deems To Be Water, Until When He Gets Near It He Finds It To Be Nothing. (Likewise, In The Hereafter) He Will Find Allah Near Him, But Allah Fully Paid Him Back (In The World). And Allah Is Swift In Taking Account.

Quran Surah 24 Ayah 40:
Or (The Disbelievers’ Deeds Are Like) The Darkness In A Deep Sea Covered By A Wave, Rolled Upon (Yet) By Another Wave And Above That Are Clouds. (This) Darkness Is (In Layers) One Over Another. When (A Person Drowning Into Such A Sea) Stretches His Hand Out, No One Can See It. And He For Whom Allah Has Not Formed Any Light (Of Guidance), For Him There Is No Light (Anywhere).
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