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Al-Ahqaf 7

Ayah 7 of 35 · Meccan

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٧

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is 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. قَالَsayqāla
  7. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  8. كَفَرُواْdisbelievekafarū
  9. لِلۡحَقِّof the truthlil'ḥaqqi
  10. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  11. جَآءَهُمۡit comes to themjāahum
  12. هَٰذَاThishādhā
  13. سِحۡرٞ(is) a magicsiḥ'run
  14. مُّبِينٌclearmubīnun

Tafsir

And when My verses which are revealed to My Messenger are read to them, the disbelievers say regarding the Qur’ān when it came to them at the hands of their Messenger: “This is clear magic. It is not revelation from Allah”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran