Surah 11. Hud, Ayah 24
| ۞ مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالْأَعْمَىٰ وَالْأَصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ وَالسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | mathal al- fareqain ka- al- acmaa wa- al- as.amm wa- al- bas.er wa- as- samec hal yastawiyaan mathal(an) 'a- fa- laa tadhakkaron |
| Pickthall | : | The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude? Will ye not then be admonished? |
| Asad | : | These two kinds of man43 may be likened to the blind and deaf and the seeing and hearing. Can these two be deemed alike in [their] nature?44 Will you not, then, keep this in mind? |
| Malik | : | The example of these two kinds of people is like two men, one of whom is blind and deaf, and the other who can see and hear. Are they equal when compared? Will you not then learn a lesson from this example? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal when compared? Will ye not then take heed? |
Note - 43Lit., "two groups" - i.e., the believers and those who
reject the divine writ.
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Note - 44For my rendering, in this context, of mathal (lit.,
"likeness") as "nature", see the first part of note [47]
on 3:59.
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Lit., "two groups" - i.e., the believers and those who reject the divine writ. |
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For my rendering, in this context, of mathal (lit., "likeness") as "nature", see the first part of note [47] on 3:59. |
