Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:9

25:9

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ 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! They have gone astray and cannot find the right way.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See how they coin similitudes for you, so they have gone astray, and they cannot find a (Right) Path.

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

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Word by Word

ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
كَيْفَkayfahow
ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey set forth
لَكَlakafor you
ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَl-amthālathe similitudes
فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
فَلَاfalāso not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to find)
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way