Quran 29:43 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Such are the comparisons We draw for people, though only the wise can grasp them.
وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَا إِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ
watil'ka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi wamā yaʿqiluhā illā l-ʿālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those similitudes -- We strike them for the people, but none understands them save those who know.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so We propound these parables unto man: but none can grasp their innermost meaning save those who [of Us] are aware
- Sahih International
- And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | And these | — |
| 2 | ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُl-amthālu | examples | مثل |
| 3 | نَضْرِبُهَاnaḍribuhā | We set forth | ضرب |
| 4 | لِلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsi | to mankind | نوس |
| 5 | وَمَاwamā | but not | — |
| 6 | يَعْقِلُهَآyaʿqiluhā | will understand them | عقل |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | ٱلْعَـٰلِمُونَl-ʿālimūna | those of knowledge | علم |