Quran 34:43

Surah Saba, Verse 43

Juz 22 · Page 433 · Ruku 374 · Meccan

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمْ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Word by word

وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā are recited عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them ءَايَـٰتُنَا āyātunā Our Verses بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ bayyinātin clear قَالُوا۟ qālū they say مَا mā Not هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this إِلَّا illā but رَجُلٌۭ rajulun a man يُرِيدُ yurīdu who wishes أَن an to يَصُدَّكُمْ yaṣuddakum hinder you عَمَّا ʿammā from what كَانَ kāna used يَعْبُدُ yaʿbudu (to) worship ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ābāukum your forefathers وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say مَا mā Not هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this إِلَّآ illā except إِفْكٌۭ if'kun a lie مُّفْتَرًۭى ۚ muf'taran invented وَقَالَ waqāla And said ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved لِلْحَقِّ lil'ḥaqqi about the truth لَمَّا lammā when جَآءَهُمْ jāahum it came to them إِنْ in Not هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this إِلَّا illā except سِحْرٌۭ siḥ'run a magic مُّبِينٌۭ mubīnun obvious

Transliteration

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qaloo ma hatha illarajulun yureedu an yasuddakum AAamma kanayaAAbudu abaokum waqaloo ma hathailla ifkun muftaran waqala allatheenakafaroo lilhaqqi lamma jaahum in hathailla sihrun mubeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is naught else than a man who would turn you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is naught else than mere magic.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers practised." And they say, "This is only a falsehood invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident magic!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن الكفار أنهم يستحقون منه العقوبة والأليم من العذاب; لأنهم كانوا إذا تتلى عليهم آياته بينات يسمعونها غضة طرية من لسان رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ( قالوا ما هذا إلا رجل يريد أن يصدكم عما كان يعبد آباؤكم ) ، يعنون أن دين آبائهم هو الحق ، وأن ما جاءهم به الرسول عندهم باطل - عليهم وعلى آبائهم لعائن الله - ( وقالوا ما هذا إلا إفك مفترى ) يعنون القرآن ، ( وقال الذين كفروا للحق لما جاءهم إن هذا إلا سحر مبين ) .