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Quran 26:40

Surah Ash-Shu'araa, Verse 40

Juz 19 · Page 369 · Ruku 318 · Meccan

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ

Word by word

لَعَلَّنَا laʿallanā That we may نَتَّبِعُ nattabiʿu follow ٱلسَّحَرَةَ l-saḥarata the magicians إِن in if كَانُوا۟ kānū they are هُمُ humu they are ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ l-ghālibīna the victorious

Transliteration

LaAAallana nattabiAAu assaharatain kanoo humu alghalibeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقال قائلهم : ( لعلنا نتبع السحرة إن كانوا هم الغالبين [ قال نعم وإنكم إذا لمن المقربين ] ) ، ولم يقولوا : نتبع الحق سواء كان من السحرة أو من موسى ، بل الرعية على دين ملكهم .

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.