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Al-Furqan 9

Ayah 9 of 77 · Meccan

ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٩

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From their own imaginations in order to deny and discredit you.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱنظُرۡSeeunẓur
  2. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  3. ضَرَبُواْthey set forthḍarabū
  4. لَكَfor youlaka
  5. ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَthe similitudesl-amthāla
  6. فَضَلُّواْbut they have gone astrayfaḍallū
  7. فَلَاso notfalā
  8. يَسۡتَطِيعُونَthey are able (to find)yastaṭīʿūna
  9. سَبِيلٗاa waysabīlan

Tafsir

O Messenger! You should see and be amazed at how they can describe you with such false attributes, i.e. they said, “He is a magician”, “He has been spellbound”, and “He is insane”, so they deviated from the truth because of that. They are incapable of treading the path towards guidance and of questioning your truthfulness and honesty.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran