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 cannot find a way
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way
Arabic
ٱنظُرۡ كَیۡفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ سَبِیلࣰا ٤٨
Transliteration (2021)
unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīla