Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
See to what they liken thee, [O Prophet, simply] because they have gone astray and are now unable to find a way to the truth]
Arthur John Arberry
Behold, how they strike similitudes for thee, and go astray, and are unable to find a way
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find
Arabic
ٱنظُرۡ كَیۡفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ سَبِیلࣰا ٩
Transliteration (2021)
unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīla