Surah Al-Isra, ayah 48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
Al-Isra · 17:48
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- ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
- لَكَlakafor you
- ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
- فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
- فَلَاfalāso not
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(find) a way
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