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Quran 17:48

Al-Israa — The Night Journeyالإسراء

انظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road!

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)

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