A1adjective
مُماثِل
mumāthil
similar
Example
هٰذا مُماثِل لِذٰلِك
hādhā mumāthil li-dhālik
This is similar to that
Grammar
Feminine form: mumāthila (مُماثِلة). Form III active participle. Synonym: mushābih (مُشابِه).
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Arabic root
م-ث-ل
2 words from this root family
A2noun
مَثَلٌ
mathal
parable / example / similitude
Example
وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ
wa-tilka al-amthālu naḍribuhā lin-nās
And these parables We present to mankind (29:43)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Plural: أَمْثَالٌ (amthāl). The Quran uses ضَرَبَ مَثَلًا (to strike/present a parable) as a key rhetorical device.
Culture
The Quran contains over 40 parables — from the light parable (24:35) to the spider's web (29:41) — making abstract truths accessible.