ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Easy-read (simplified)unzur kayfa daraboo laka l-'amthaala fadalloo falaa yastatee'oona sabeelaa
DIN 31635unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-ʾamṯāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Note what they compared you to. They are lost, and unable to find a way.
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Behold, how they strike out for you parables, and err, and cannot find the way
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
See what likenesses they strike out for thee! But they are in error, neither can they find the path
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Behold! What epithets they bestow on thee. But they are deceived; neither can they find any just occasion to reproach thee
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Shih se çfarë përngjasimesh të bëjnë ata ty! Ata janë të humbur dhe nuk mund ta gjejnë rrugën e drejtë.
(হে রাসূল! তুমি চিন্তা করে) দেখো, তারা তোমার জন্য কেমন সব (নিন্দিত) উপমা দিচ্ছে! ফলে তারা পথভ্রষ্ট হয়েছে। সুতরাং তারা সত্য পথের দিশা পাবে না।
Vidi šta o tebi oni govore, pa onda lutaju i ne mogu naći Pravi put.
Vidi što o tebi oni govore, pa onda lutaju i ne mogu naći Pravi put.
Ndaarii [yo Nulaaɗo] ko honno ɓe piyiranay maa mise=yeruuji, ɓe majjii ɓe kattantaake [heɓde] laawol.
შეხედე [ო შუამავალო], როგორ მოაქვთ შენთვის იგავები [შენზე ისეთ ტყუილს ამბობენ, რომელიც თავისი სიყალბით მხოლოდ ზღაპრულ იგავებს წააგავს]. (ისინი) ჭეშმარიტ გზას ასცდებიან და გზის პოვნას ვეღარ შეძლებენ.
Schau, wie sie für dich Gleichnisse anführen. Dabei sind sie abgeirrt und so können sie keinen Weg mehr finden.
Κοίτα πως αποδίδουν σε σένα τα (κακά) παραδείγματα (και τις κακές περιγραφές: μάγος, μάντης, μαγεμένος, παράφρων ή ποιητής), και έτσι παραστράτησαν και δεν μπορούν να φτάσουν στο δρόμο (της αλήθειας).
देखें तो सही, वे आपके लिए कैसे उदाहरण दे रहे हैं? अतः वे सीधी राह से भटक गए। अब वे सीधी राह नहीं पा सकेंगे।
Guarda che esempi ti hanno portato, ma si sono sviati, e non trovano la retta via.
48. Pažvelk, kokius pavyzdžius jie pateikė tau. Taigi, jie nuklydo, ir niekada jie negalės rasti kelio,
Fakkeenya akkamii akka siif taasisan ilaali. Isaan jallatanii jiru; karaa (sirrii argachuus) hin danda’anu.
Посмотри, какие сравнения они приводят тебе! Они впали в заблуждение и не могут найти пути.
Погледај шта о теби они говоре, па онда лутају и не могу да нађу Прави пут.
Tazama jinsi walivyokupigia mifano. Basi wakapotea. Kwa hivyo hawawezi kuipata njia.
Se hur de beskriver dig! Det är därför de har gått vilse och inte kan finna vägen.
Senin için nasıl misaller verip, dalâlete düştüklerine bir bak! Artık onlar bir daha yol bulamayacaklardır.
دیکھیں تو سہی، آپ کے لئے کیا کیا مثالیں بیان کرتے ہیں، پس وه بہک رہے ہیں۔ اب تو راه پانا ان کے بس میں نہیں رہا.[1]
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وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
Easy-read (simplified)waja'alnaa 'alaa quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee aadhaanihim waqran wa'idhaa dhakarta rabbaka fee l-qur'aani wahdahu wallaw 'alaa adbaarihim nufooraa
DIN 31635waǧaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim ʾakinnatan ʾan yafqahūhu wafī ʾāḏānihim waqran waʾiḏā ḏakarta rabbaka fī l-qurʾāni waḥdahu wallaw ʿalā ʾadbārihim nufūran
And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.
And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it, and in their ears a deafness; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion
And we place covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness in their ears. And when thou dost mention in the Qur'an thy Lord by Himself they turn their backs in aversion
And we put coverings over their hearts lest they should understand it, and in their ears a heaviness; And when in the Koran thou namest thy One Lord, they turn their backs in flight
and we put coverings over their hearts, lest they should understand it, and in their ears thickness of hearing. And when thou makest mention, in repeating the Koran, of thy Lord only, they turn their backs, flying the doctrine of his unity
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
Easy-read (simplified)nahnu a'lamu bimaa yastami'oona bihi idh yastami'oona ilayka wa'idh hum najwaa idh yaqoolu z-zaalimoona in tattabi'oona illaa rajulan mashooraa
DIN 31635naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihi ʾiḏ yastamiʿūna ʾilayka waʾiḏ hum naǧwā ʾiḏ yaqūlu ẓ-ẓālimūna ʾin tattabiʿūna ʾillā raǧulan masḥūran
We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, "You only follow a man bewitched."
We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched
We know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart - when the wrongdoers say, 'Ye only follow a man enchanted
We well know why they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they whisper apart; when the wicked say, "Ye follow no other than a man enchanted
We well know with what design they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they privately discourse together: When the ungodly say, ye follow no other than a mad-man
17:48 — the verse above
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo a'idhaa kunnaa 'izaaman warufaatan a'innaa lamab'oothoona khalqan jadeedaa
DIN 31635waqālū ʾaʾiḏā kunnā ʿiẓāman warufātan ʾaʾinnā lamabʿūṯūna ḫalqan ǧadīdan
And they say, "When we have become bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected as a new creation?"
And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation
They say, 'What! when we have become bones and rubbish are we to be raised up a new creature
They also say, "After we shall have become bones and dust, shall we in sooth be raised a new creation
They also say, after we shall have become bones and dust, shall we surely be raised a new creature
قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا
Easy-read (simplified)qul koonoo hijaaratan aw hadeedaa
DIN 31635qul kūnū ḥiǧāratan ʾaw ḥadīdan
Say, "Even if you become rocks or iron.
Say: Be ye stones or iron
Say, 'Be ye stones, or iron
SAY: "Yes, though ye were stones, or iron
Answer, be ye stones, or iron
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
انظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Simple) ·Simple, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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