89وَلَقَد صَرَّفنا لِلنّاسِ في هٰذَا القُرآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبىٰ أَكثَرُ النّاسِ إِلّا كُفورًاMuhammad AsadFor, indeed, many facets have We given in this Qur'an to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind!1 However, most men are unwilling to accept anything but blasphemy2 -According to Raghib, the noun mathal (lit., "similitude", "parable" or "example") is here more or less synonymous with wasf ("description by means of a comparison", i.e., "definition"). In its broadest sense, this term signifies "a lesson".I.e., they are unwilling to accept any idea which runs counter to their own, blasphemous inclinations.