Quran 17:47 — Al-Israa, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We know best the way they listen, when they listen to you and when they confer in secret, and these wrongdoers say, ‘You are only following a man who is bewitched.’
نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰ إِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّالِمُونَ إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَسْحُورًا
naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihi idh yastamiʿūna ilayka wa-idh hum najwā idh yaqūlu l-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulan masḥūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We know very well how they listen when they listen to thee, and when they conspire, when the evildoers say, 'You are only following a man bewitched!'
- Muhammad Asad
- We are fully aware of what they are listening for when they listen to thee: for when they are secluded among themselves, lo! these wrongdoers say [unto one another], "If you were to follow [Muhammad, you would follow] only a man bewitched!"
- Sahih International
- We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | know best | علم |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | [of] what | — |
| 4 | يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūna | they listen | سمع |
| 5 | بِهِۦٓbihi | to [it] | — |
| 6 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 7 | يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūna | they listen | سمع |
| 8 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 9 | وَإِذْwa-idh | and when | — |
| 10 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 11 | نَجْوَىٰٓnajwā | (are) in private conversation | نجو |
| 12 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 13 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | say | قول |
| 14 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 15 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 16 | تَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūna | you follow | تبع |
| 17 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 18 | رَجُلًۭاrajulan | a man | رجل |
| 19 | مَّسْحُورًاmasḥūran | bewitched | سحر |