blind [to the argument]. Regarding the interpretation of Qatada: 'And I was sighted,' meaning I was knowledgeable of my argument in the worldly life! Yet, that knowledge of his is merely in his own estimation; for he used to dispute in the worldly life while denying that which came to him from Allah.
أَعْمَى﴾ عَنِ الْحُجَّةِ؛ فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَتَادَةَ ﴿وَقد كنت بَصيرًا﴾ عَالِمًا بِحُجَّتِي فِي الدُّنْيَا؟! وَإِنَّمَا عِلْمُهُ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ نَفْسِهِ؛ أَنَّهُ يُحَاجُّ فِي الدُّنْيَا جَاحِدًا لِمَا جَاءَهُ من الله.
