مثل in the Quran

Verses with مثل

Verses 61–80 of 142

1. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا قَرْيَةًۭ كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةًۭ مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭ يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًۭا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍۢ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

   God sets forth a Parable: A city enjoying security And quiet, abundantly supplied With sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful For the favours of God: So God made it taste Of hunger and terror (in extremes) (Closing in on it) like a garment (From every side), because Of the (evil) which (Its people) wrought.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:112
2. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

   And if ye do catch them out, Catch them out no worse Than they catch you out: But if ye show patience, That is indeed the best (course) For those who are patient.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:126
3. Each word opens its meaning.

   ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا

   See what similes they strike For thee: but they have gone Astray, and never can they Find a way.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:48
4. Each word opens its meaning.

   قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ ظَهِيرًۭا

   Say: "If the whole Of mankind and Jinns Were to gather together To produce the like Of this Qur-ān, they Could not produce The like thereof, even if They backed up each other With help and support.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:88
5. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۢ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا

   And We have explained To man, in this Qur-ān, Every kind of similitude: Yet the greater part of men Refuse (to receive it) Except with ingratitude!

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:89
6. Each word opens its meaning.

   ۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًۭا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا

   See they not that God, Who created the heavens And the earth, has power To create the like of them (Anew)? Only He has Decreed a term appointed, Of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (To receive it) except With ingratitude.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:99
7. Each word opens its meaning.

   ۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًۭا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍۢ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍۢ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًۭا

   Set forth to them The parable of two men: For one of them We provided Two gardens of grape-vines And surrounded them With date palms; In between the two We placed corn-fields.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:32
8. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًۭا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرًا

   Set forth to them The similitude of the life Of this world: it is like The rain which We send Down from the skies: The earth's vegetation absorbs it, But soon it becomes Dry stubble, which the winds Do scatter: it is (only) God Who prevails over all things.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:45
9. Each word opens its meaning.

   وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۢ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍۢ جَدَلًۭا

   We have explained In detail in this Qur-ān, For the benefit of mankind, Every kind of similitude: But man is, in most things, Contentious.

   Tafsir (Arabic)
   Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:54
10. Each word opens its meaning.

    قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًۭا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًۭا

    Say: "If the ocean were Ink (wherewith to write out) The words of my Lord, Sooner would the ocean be Exhausted than would the words Of my Lord, even if we Added another ocean Like it, for its aid."

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:109
11. Each word opens its meaning.

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًۭا صَـٰلِحًۭا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا

    Say: "I am but a man Like yourselves, (but) The inspiration has come To me, that your God is One God: whoever expects To meet his Lord, let him Work righteousness, and, In the worship of his Lord, Admit no one as partner.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:110
12. Each word opens its meaning.

    فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًۭا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًۭا سُوًۭى

    "But we can surely produce Magic to match thine! So make a tryst Between us and thee, Which we shall not fail To keep—neither we nor thou— In a place where both Shall have even chances."

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Taha, verse 20:58
13. Each word opens its meaning.

    لَاهِيَةًۭ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

    Their hearts toying as with Trifles. The wrong-doers conceal Their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than A man like yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft With your eyes open?"

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:3
14. Each word opens its meaning.

    فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّۢ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَ

    So We listened to him: We removed the distress That was on him, And We restored his people To him, and doubled Their number,—as a Grace From Ourselves, and a thing For commemoration, for all Who serve Us.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:84
15. Each word opens its meaning.

    ۞ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِىَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌۭ

    That (is so). And if one Has retaliated to no greater Extent than the injury he received, And is again set upon Inordinately, God will help Him: for God is One That blots out (sins) And forgives (again and again).

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:60
16. Each word opens its meaning.

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌۭ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًۭا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًۭٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ

    O men! Here is A parable set forth! Listen to it! Those On whom, besides God, Ye call, cannot create (Even) a fly, if they all Met together for the purpose! And if the fly should snatch Away anything from them, They would have no power To release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition And those whom they petition!

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Hajj, verse 22:73
17. Each word opens its meaning.

    فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭ مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    The chiefs of the Unbelievers Among his people said: "He is no more than a man Like yourselves: his wish is To assert his superiority Over you: if God had wished (To send messengers), He could have sent down Angels: never did we hear Such a thing (as he says), Among our ancestors of old."

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:24
18. Each word opens its meaning.

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

    And the chiefs Of his people, who disbelieved And denied the Meeting In the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things Of this life, said: "He is No more than a man Like yourselves: he eats Of that of which ye eat, And drinks of what ye drink.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:33
19. Each word opens its meaning.

    وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًۭا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

    "If ye obey a man Like yourselves, behold, It is certain ye will be lost.

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:34
20. Each word opens its meaning.

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ

    They said: "Shall we believe In two men like ourselves? And their people are subject To us!"

    Tafsir (Arabic)
    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:47