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Quran 21:3

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 3

Juz 17 · Page 322 · Ruku 278 · Meccan

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Word by word

لَاهِيَةًۭ lāhiyatan Distracted قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ qulūbuhum their hearts وَأَسَرُّوا۟ wa-asarrū And they conceal ٱلنَّجْوَى l-najwā the private conversation ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who ظَلَمُوا۟ ẓalamū [they] wronged هَلْ hal Is هَـٰذَآ hādhā this إِلَّا illā except بَشَرٌۭ basharun a human being مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ mith'lukum like you أَفَتَأْتُونَ afatatūna So would you approach ٱلسِّحْرَ l-siḥ'ra the magic وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you تُبْصِرُونَ tub'ṣirūna see (it)

Transliteration

Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo annajwaallatheena thalamoo hal hatha illabasharun mithlukum afata/toona assihra waantum tubsiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( وأسروا النجوى الذين ظلموا ) أي : قائلين فيما بينهم خفية ( هل هذا إلا بشر مثلكم ) يعنون رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يستبعدون كونه نبيا; لأنه بشر مثلهم ، فكيف اختص بالوحي دونهم; ولهذا قال : ( أفتأتون السحر وأنتم تبصرون ) ؟ أي : أفتتبعونه فتكونون كمن أتى السحر وهو يعلم أنه سحر . فقال تعالى مجيبا لهم عما افتروه واختلقوه من الكذب .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.