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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 48of 111

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا﴿٤٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
كَيْفَkayfahow
ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
لَكَlakafor you
ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
فَلَاfalāso not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(find) a way

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Secret Counsel of Quraysh after hearing the Qur'anAllah tells His Prophet about what the leaders of Quraysh discussed when they came and listened to him reciting Qur'an in secret, without their people knowing about it. They said that he was Mashur which according to the better-known view means someone affected by magic (Sihr); it may also mean a man who has a lung, i.e., a mere human being, as if they were saying that if you follow Muhammad, you will only be following a human being.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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