Quran 11:24 — Hud, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
These two groups are like the blind and the deaf as compared with those who can see and hear well: can they be alike? How can you not take heed?
مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْأَصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
mathalu l-farīqayni kal-aʿmā wal-aṣami wal-baṣīri wal-samīʿi hal yastawiyāni mathalan afalā tadhakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The likeness of the two parties is as the man blind and deaf, and the man who sees and hears; are they equal in likeness? Will you not remember?
- Muhammad Asad
- These two kinds of man may be likened to the blind and deaf and the seeing and hearing. Can these two be deemed alike in [their] nature? ` Will you not, then, keep this in mind?
- Sahih International
- The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ مَثَلُmathalu | (The) example | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqayni | (of) the two parties | فرق |
| 3 | كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰkal-aʿmā | (is) like the blind | عمي |
| 4 | وَٱلْأَصَمِّwal-aṣami | and the deaf | صمم |
| 5 | وَٱلْبَصِيرِwal-baṣīri | and the seer | بصر |
| 6 | وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚwal-samīʿi | and the hearer | سمع |
| 7 | هَلْhal | Are | — |
| 8 | يَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyāni | they equal | سوي |
| 9 | مَثَلًا ۚmathalan | (in) comparison | مثل |
| 10 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then, will not | — |
| 11 | تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna | you take heed | ذكر |