وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَا إِلَّا الْعَالِمُونَ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

And so We propound these parables unto man: but none can grasp their innermost meaning save those who [of Us] are aware

Arthur John Arberry

And those similitudes -- We strike them for the people, but none understands them save those who know

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And such are the Parables We set forth for mankind, but only those understand them who have knowledge

Arabic

وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلُ نَضۡرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۖ وَمَا یَعۡقِلُهَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلۡعَـٰلِمُونَ ۝٤٣

Transliteration (2021)

watil'ka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lilnnāsi wamā yaʿqiluhā illā l-ʿālimūn