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Quran 6:7

Surah Al-An'aam, Verse 7

Juz 7 · Page 128 · Ruku 102 · Meccan

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَٰبًا فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And (even) if نَزَّلْنَا nazzalnā We (had) sent down عَلَيْكَ ʿalayka to you كِتَـٰبًۭا kitāban a written Scripture فِى fī in قِرْطَاسٍۢ qir'ṭāsin a parchment فَلَمَسُوهُ falamasūhu and they touched it بِأَيْدِيهِمْ bi-aydīhim with their hands لَقَالَ laqāla surely (would) have said ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who كَفَرُوٓا۟ kafarū disbelieved إِنْ in Not هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this إِلَّا illā but سِحْرٌۭ siḥ'run magic مُّبِينٌۭ mubīnun clear

Transliteration

Walaw nazzalna AAalayka kitabanfee qirtasin falamasoohu bi-aydeehim laqala allatheenakafaroo in hatha illa sihrun mubeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual) writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who disbelieve would have said: This is naught else than mere magic.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If We had sent unto thee a written (message) on parchment, so that they could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى مخبرا عن كفر المشركين وعنادهم ومكابرتهم للحق ومباهتتهم ومنازعتهم فيه : ( ولو نزلنا عليك كتابا في قرطاس فلمسوه بأيديهم ) أي : عاينوه ، ورأوا نزوله ، وباشروا ذلك ( لقال الذين كفروا إن هذا إلا سحر مبين ) وهذا كما قال تعالى مخبرا عن مكابرتهم للمحسوسات : ( ولو فتحنا عليهم بابا من السماء فظلوا فيه يعرجون لقالوا إنما سكرت أبصارنا بل نحن قوم مسحورون ) [ الحجر : 14 ، 15 ] وقال تعالى : ( وإن يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم ) [ الطور : 44 ] .

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.