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Surah 61. As-Saff, Ayah 8

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يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
Yureedoona liyu t fioo noora All a hi biafw a hihim wa A ll a hu mutimmu noorihi walaw kariha alk a firoon a
They aim to extinguish God's light with their utterances:9 but God has willed to spread His light in all its fullness, however hateful this may be to all who deny the truth.
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "with their mouths" - i.e., by describing God's message as "nothing but spellbinding eloquence" on the part of Muhammad.

They seek to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His Light, much as the unbelievers may dislike it.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They wish to extinguish Allah's light with their mouths, but Allah will 'certainly' perfect His light, even to the dismay of the disbelievers.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light however much the disbelievers are averse.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Their intention is to extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: but Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light even though the Unbelievers may detest (it). 5441
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah's Light is unquenchable. A foolish, ignorant person who thinks of extinguishing it is like a rustic who wants to blow out electric light as he might blow out a rush candle! "With their mouths" also implies the babble and cackle of Ignorance against Allah's Truth. The more the foolish ones try to quench Allah's Light, the clearer it shines, to shame them!

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