{Look at how they strike examples for you}, meaning their saying: {This is nothing but a falsehood he has fabricated}, and their saying: {Legends of the former peoples}, and their saying: {What is with this Messenger} up to His saying: {bewitched}. {So they have gone astray, and they will not be able to find a way}, meaning: a way out from the examples they struck for you; according to the interpretation of Mujahid.
﴿انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الأَمْثَالَ﴾ يَعْنِي: قَوْلَهُمْ: إِنْ هَذَا إِلا إفْك افتراه، وَقَوْلهمْ: ﴿أساطير الْأَوَّلين﴾ وَقَوْلهمْ: ﴿مَال هَذَا الرَّسُول﴾ إِلَى قَوْله: ﴿مسحورا﴾. ﴿فضلوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلا﴾ يَعْنِي: مَخْرَجًا مِنَ الْأَمْثَالِ الَّتِي ضروا لَك؛ فِي تَفْسِير مُجَاهِد.
