سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا ﴿48﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See what examples they have put forward for you. So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
ضَرَبُوا۟
ḍarabū
they put forth
لَكَ
laka
for you
ٱلْأَمْثَالَ
l-amthāla
the examples
فَضَلُّوا۟
faḍallū
but they have gone astray
فَلَا
falā
so not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
they can
سَبِيلًۭا
sabīlan
(find) a way
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
48. 1 Sometimes they call him a sorcerer, sometimes bewitched, sometimes insane, and sometimes a soothsayer; thus they are going astray, so how can they find the path of guidance?
