Quranic Parables
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا
Surely Allah does not shy away from using the parable of a mosquito or what is even smaller.
- 1
2.17-20
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
The parable of those with weak eeman
- 2
2.261-262
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
Parable of the sprouted grain
- 3
2.264
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
Parable of the barren rock
- 4
2.265
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
Parable of a garden on a hill
- 5
2.266
Al-Baqara (The Cow)
Parable of the ruined garden
- 6
7.175-178
Al-A'raaf (The Heights)
Parable of a dog
- 7
10.24
Yunus (Jonas)
The first parable about worldly life
- 8
13.17-18
Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)
Parable of foam and slag
- 9
14.18
Ibrahim (Abraham)
Parable about the disbelievers
- 10
14.24-27
Ibrahim (Abraham)
The parable of a good word and an evil word
- 11
16.73-75
An-Nahl (The Bee)
Parable about the useless servant
- 12
16.76-77
An-Nahl (The Bee)
The first parable about two men
- 13
16.92
An-Nahl (The Bee)
Parable about the woman who unravels her yarn
- 14
16.112-113
An-Nahl (The Bee)
The parable about the ungrateful city
- 15
18.32-44
Al-Kahf (The Cave)
The second parable about two men
- 16
18.45-46
Al-Kahf (The Cave)
The second parable about worldly life
- 17
22.73-74
Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
Parable of the fly
- 18
24.35
An-Noor (The Light)
Allah is the Light
- 19
29.41-43
Al-Ankaboot (The Spider)
Parable of the spider
- 20
30.28
Ar-Room (The Romans)
Parable about ourselves
- 21
30.38
Ar-Room (The Romans)
The first parable about slaves
- 22
36.13-29
Yaseen (Yaseen)
Parable of the three messengers
- 23
39.29
Az-Zumar (The Groups)
The second parable about two slaves
- 24
48.29
Al-Fath (The Victory)
Parable of the Companions of the Prophet
- 25
57.20
Al-Hadid (The Iron)
The third parable about worldly life
- 26
59.18-21
Al-Hashr (The Exile)
Parable of the Quran
- 27
74.27-31
Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)
Parable about the Guardians of Hell