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Saba 43

Ayah 43 of 54 · Meccan

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا رَجُلٞ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمۡ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَقَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٞ مُّفۡتَرٗىۚ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٤٣

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. تُتۡلَىٰare recitedtut'lā
  3. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاOur Versesāyātunā
  5. بَيِّنَٰتٖclearbayyinātin
  6. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  7. مَاNotmā
  8. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  9. إِلَّاbutillā
  10. رَجُلٞa manrajulun
  11. يُرِيدُwho wishesyurīdu
  12. أَنtoan
  13. يَصُدَّكُمۡhinder youyaṣuddakum
  14. عَمَّاfrom whatʿammā
  15. كَانَusedkāna
  16. يَعۡبُدُ(to) worshipyaʿbudu
  17. ءَابَآؤُكُمۡyour forefathersābāukum
  18. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  19. مَاNotmā
  20. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  21. إِلَّآexceptillā
  22. إِفۡكٞa lieif'kun
  23. مُّفۡتَرٗىۚinventedmuf'taran
  24. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  25. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  26. كَفَرُواْdisbelievedkafarū
  27. لِلۡحَقِّabout the truthlil'ḥaqqi
  28. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  29. جَآءَهُمۡit came to themjāahum
  30. إِنۡNotin
  31. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  32. إِلَّاexceptillā
  33. سِحۡرٞa magicsiḥ'run
  34. مُّبِينٞobviousmubīnun

Tafsir

And when you read to these denying idolaters our clear verses revealed to our Messenger and in which there is no uncertainty they say: “"This is a mere human being who has brought this message to divert us away from the path of our forefathers”. And they said: “The Qur’ān is nothing but a fabricated lie against Allah”. And those who disbelieved in Allah said regarding the Qur’ān when it came to them from Allah: “This is nothing but clear magic to separate between husband and wife, and son and father”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran