| # | لفظ | روٹ | تشریح | مترادفات |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَثَلُهُمْ | م ث ل | Their example | — |
| 2 | كَمَثَلِ | م ث ل | (is) like (the) example | — |
| 3 | الَّذِي | (of) the one who | — | |
| 4 | اسْتَوْقَدَ | و ق د | kindled | — |
| 5 | نَارًا | ن و ر | a fire | — |
| 6 | فَلَمَّا | then when | — | |
| 7 | أَضَاءَتْ | ض و أ | it illuminated | — |
| 8 | مَا | what | — | |
| 9 | حَوْلَهُ | ح و ل | (was) around him | — |
| 10 | ذَهَبَ | ذ ه ب | took away | — |
| 11 | اللَّهُ | أ ل ه | Allah | — |
| 12 | بِنُورِهِمْ | ن و ر | their light | — |
| 13 | وَتَرَكَهُمْ | ت ر ك | and left them | — |
| 14 | فِي | in | — | |
| 15 | ظُلُمَاتٍ | ظ ل م | darkness[es] | — |
| 16 | لَا | (so) not | — | |
| 17 | يُبْصِرُونَ | ب ص ر | (do) they see | — |