Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Whenever it illuminates them, they walk in it, and when darkness falls upon them, they stand still. And if Allah had willed, He would have taken away their hearing and their sight...

He said: because their sight is weak and cannot withstand it. Rather, "the lightning almost snatches away their sight" means it takes it quickly, because it comes quickly, and then a rapid darkness follows it, so that may be a cause for the loss of sight. Then he said: Note the difference in the illumination. He said: "Whenever it illuminates them, they walk in it," so it is as if they are seizing the opportunity of the illumination and not delaying for the blink of an eye. They seize the opportunity in "whenever it illuminates" even if it is a little, and it is a small amount if the lightning is not consecutive at a fast speed. So the flash of lightning is very brief; they do not take a step but the darkness has come to them. meaning they stopped, meaning they stopped, How did it become dark upon them? Because the flash of lightning generates darkness upon the darkness of the night. And we mentioned at the beginning of the verse that it is "darknesses": the darkness of the night, the darkness of the clouds, and the darkness of the rain. When it becomes dark upon them, they stand still, so this is a fourth darkness, which is the loss of light. If the light is lost, the thing becomes darker than it was in reality, so now the darknesses become four darknesses. meaning they stopped, without the thunder occurring and without the lightning occurring, because Allah the Exalted is over all things competent, so He is able to take away the hearing and the sight without causes. So the hearing without thunder, because the sound of thunder is great and may deafen the ears, and the lightning also has great light and may snatch away the sight, without this happening, .