Quran 17:48 — Al-Israa, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
See what they think you are like! But they are lost and cannot find the right way.
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Behold, how they strike similitudes for thee, and go astray, and cannot find a way!
- Muhammad Asad
- See to what they liken thee, [O Prophet simply] because they have gone astray and are now unable to find a way [to the truth]!
- Sahih International
- Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱنظُرْunẓur | See | نظر |
| 2 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 3 | ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabū | they put forth | ضرب |
| 4 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthāla | the examples | مثل |
| 6 | فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallū | but they have gone astray | ضلل |
| 7 | فَلَاfalā | so not | — |
| 8 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | they can | طوع |
| 9 | سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan | (find) a way | سبل |