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Al-Qasas 36

Ayah 36 of 88 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّفۡتَرٗى وَمَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٦

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  2. جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum
  3. مُّوسَىٰMusamūsā
  4. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاwith Our Signsbiāyātinā
  5. بَيِّنَٰتٖclearbayyinātin
  6. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  7. مَاNotmā
  8. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. سِحۡرٞa magicsiḥ'run
  11. مُّفۡتَرٗىinventedmuf'taran
  12. وَمَاand notwamā
  13. سَمِعۡنَاwe heardsamiʿ'nā
  14. بِهَٰذَاof thisbihādhā
  15. فِيٓamongfī
  16. ءَابَآئِنَاour forefathersābāinā
  17. ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَour forefathersl-awalīna

Tafsir

When Moses (peace be upon him) brought My clear signs to them, they said, “This is nothing but a lie that Moses has fabricated; we have not heard anything like it from our forefathers. If it had been true, we would have heard something of the sort among the nations that have passed before us.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran