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Ayah 4 of 88 · Meccan

وَعَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٞ كَذَّابٌ ٤

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَعَجِبُوٓاْAnd they wonderwaʿajibū
  2. أَنthatan
  3. جَآءَهُمhas come to themjāahum
  4. مُّنذِرٞa warnermundhirun
  5. مِّنۡهُمۡۖfrom themselvesmin'hum
  6. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  7. ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَthe disbelieversl-kāfirūna
  8. هَٰذَاThishādhā
  9. سَٰحِرٞ(is) a magiciansāḥirun
  10. كَذَّابٌa liarkadhābun

Tafsir

And they expressed surprise when a messenger came to them from themselves to warn them of Allah’s punishment if they remain in their disbelief. And the disbelievers said when they saw the proof for the truthfulness of what Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought: “This is a magician who performs magic on people, and a liar in claiming that he is a messenger from Allah who receives revelation.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran