17:48
ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَالَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًا٤٨
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.(48)
Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 48 (17:48)
ٱلْإِسْرَاء
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Quran 17:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 286 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 15
- Hizb 29
- Page 286
- Ruku 5
- Revealed Mecca
Word by word
- ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
- كَيْفَkayfahow
- ضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forth
- لَكَlakafor you
- ٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples
- فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they have gone astray
- فَلَاfalāso not
- يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey can
- سَبِيلًاsabīlan(find) a way
Tafsir (commentary) of 17:48
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This commentary explains ayahs 17:47–48 together.