Quran 26:40 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We may follow the sorcerers if they win!"
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ
laʿallanā nattabiʿu l-saḥarata in kānū humu l-ghālibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.'
- Muhammad Asad
- so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?”
- Sahih International
- That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَعَلَّنَاlaʿallanā | That we may | — |
| 2 | نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿu | follow | تبع |
| 3 | ٱلسَّحَرَةَl-saḥarata | the magicians | سحر |
| 4 | إِنin | if | — |
| 5 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they are | كون |
| 6 | هُمُhumu | they are | — |
| 7 | ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَl-ghālibīna | the victorious | غلب |