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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 171

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Translation

And (the) example

Word Breakdown

وَمَثَلُ

And (the) example

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

L4 Particles

مَثَلُIsm · Noun

NominativeMasculine

Rootمثل

★★★★Very common

to resemble, be like; example, likeness, similitude

Lemmaمَثَل

Nominal (1) Noun

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Sahih International

The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.

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