Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 43 (29:43)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

Quran 29:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 401 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:43
وَتِلْكَٱلْأَمْثَٰلُنَضْرِبُهَالِلنَّاسِ ۖوَمَايَعْقِلُهَآإِلَّاٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ٤٣
watil'ka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi wamā yaʿqiluhā illā l-ʿālimūna

And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge.(43)

Word by word

  1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
  2. ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُl-amthāluexamples
  3. نَضْرِبُهَاnaḍribuhāWe set forth
  4. لِلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsito mankind
  5. وَمَاwamābut not
  6. يَعْقِلُهَآyaʿqiluhāwill understand them
  7. إِلَّاillāexcept
  8. ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَl-ʿālimūnathose of knowledge

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