Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:48

17:48

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan

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

— Saheeh International

See what they think you are like! But they are lost and cannot find the right way.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See what examples they have put forward for you. So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
كَيْفَkayfahow
ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
لَكَlakafor you
ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
فَلَاfalāso not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(find) a way