25:9
ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَٰلَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًا٩
unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.(9)
Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 9 (25:9)
ٱلْفُرْقَان
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Quran 25:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 360 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 18
- Hizb 36
- Page 360
- Ruku 1
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey set forth
- لَكَlakafor you
- ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَl-amthālathe similitudes
- فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
- فَلَاfalāso not
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to find)
- سَبِيلًاsabīlana way
Tafsir (commentary) of 25:9
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This commentary explains ayahs 25:7–14 together.