Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 9 (25:9)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

Quran 25:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 360 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:9
ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَٰلَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًا٩
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.(9)

Word by word

  1. ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
  2. كَيْفَkayfahow
  3. ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey set forth
  4. لَكَlakafor you
  5. ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَl-amthālathe similitudes
  6. فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
  7. فَلَاfalāso not
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to find)
  9. سَبِيلًاsabīlana way

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