سورة الإسراء، الآية ٤٨
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا ٤٨
unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan
Look how they strike for you comparisons;750 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
[750] Describing the Prophet (ﷺ) as a poet, a madman or one under the influence of sorcery.
Verse 48 of Surah Al-Isra (17:48), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 286 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
79 recitations by 73 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
Consider - O Messenger - and be surprised at the various blameworthy attributes they describe you with. They have deviated from the truth and are confused. As a result they cannot find the true path.
See how they call you names42! Thus they have gone astray and cannot find a way.
[42] i.e., a poet, a madman, bewitched, etc.
See what examples they have put forward for you. So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.
See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road!
See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way.
See what they liken you to! So they have gone astray and cannot find the way.
Look how they strike similitudes for you. So they have erred and have been unable (to find) a way."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
