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Al-Anbya 3

Ayah 3 of 112 · Meccan

لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَاهِيَةٗDistractedlāhiyatan
  2. قُلُوبُهُمۡۗtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  3. وَأَسَرُّواْAnd they concealwa-asarrū
  4. ٱلنَّجۡوَىthe private conversationl-najwā
  5. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  6. ظَلَمُواْ[they] wrongedẓalamū
  7. هَلۡIshal
  8. هَٰذَآthishādhā
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. بَشَرٞa human beingbasharun
  11. مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖlike youmith'lukum
  12. أَفَتَأۡتُونَSo would you approachafatatūna
  13. ٱلسِّحۡرَthe magicl-siḥ'ra
  14. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  15. تُبۡصِرُونَsee (it)tub'ṣirūna

Tafsir

They listened to it whilst their hearts were unmindful of it. And those who are wrongdoers through disbelief hid their private talk when they said: “Is this one who claims to be a messenger but a man like you, without any distinction from you? What he has brought is magic. So will you follow him knowing that he is a man like you and what he has brought is magic?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran