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Al-Isra 48

Ayah 48 of 111 · Meccan

ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٤٨

Look how they strike for you comparisons;1 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Describing the Prophet (ﷺ) as a poet, a madman or one under the influence of sorcery.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱنظُرۡSeeunẓur
  2. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  3. ضَرَبُواْthey put forthḍarabū
  4. لَكَfor youlaka
  5. ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَthe examplesl-amthāla
  6. فَضَلُّواْbut they have gone astrayfaḍallū
  7. فَلَاso notfalā
  8. يَسۡتَطِيعُونَthey canyastaṭīʿūna
  9. سَبِيلٗا(find) a waysabīlan

Tafsir

Consider - O Messenger - and be surprised at the various blameworthy attributes they describe you with. They have deviated from the truth and are confused. As a result they cannot find the true path.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran