Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 48 (17:48)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

Quran 17:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 286 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:48
ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَالَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًا٤٨
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.(48)

Word by word

  1. ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
  2. كَيْفَkayfahow
  3. ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
  4. لَكَlakafor you
  5. ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
  6. فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
  7. فَلَاfalāso not
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
  9. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(find) a way

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