Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ghafir, Ayah 58
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(And the blind man) i.e. the disbelievers (and the seer) i.e. the believer (are not equal) in reward and honour, (neither are those who believe) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an (and do good works) and do acts of obedience between them and their Lord ((equal with) the evil-doer) the one who ascribes partners to Allah. (Little do you reflect) they do not take any admonition from the similitudes of the Qur'an!
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And the blind one and the seer are not equal; nor are they equal those who believe and perform righteous deeds — such a person being the virtuous one — and the evildoer wa-lā’l-musī’u lā here is extra. Little do they reflect little are they admonished read yatadhakkarūna or second person plural tatadhakkarūna ‘do you reflect’ in other words their reflections are very few.