۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًۭا مَّا بَعُوضَةًۭ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرًۭا وَيَهْدِى بِهِۦ كَثِيرًۭا ۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allah intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,
Word-by-Word Translation
۞ إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
لَا
(is) not
يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ
ashamed
أَن
to
يَضْرِبَ
set forth
مَثَلًۭا
an example
مَّا
(like) even
بَعُوضَةًۭ
(of) a mosquito
فَمَا
and (even) something
فَوْقَهَا ۚ
above it
فَأَمَّا
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
believed
فَيَعْلَمُونَ
[thus] they will know
أَنَّهُ
that it
ٱلْحَقُّ
(is) the truth
مِن
from
رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ
their Lord
وَأَمَّا
And as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieved
فَيَقُولُونَ
[thus] they will say
مَاذَآ
what
أَرَادَ
(did) intend
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
بِهَـٰذَا
by this
مَثَلًۭا ۘ
example
يُضِلُّ
He lets go astray
بِهِۦ
by it
كَثِيرًۭا
many
وَيَهْدِى
and He guides
بِهِۦ
by it
كَثِيرًۭا ۚ
many
وَمَا
And not
يُضِلُّ
He lets go astray
بِهِۦٓ
by it
إِلَّا
except
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
the defiantly disobedient
٢٦
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