Quran 27:13 — An-Naml, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But when Our enlightening signs came to them, they said, ‘This is clearly [just] sorcery!’
فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَاتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
falammā jāathum āyātunā mub'ṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But when Our signs came to them visibly, they said, 'This is a manifest sorcery';
- Muhammad Asad
- But when Our light-giving messages came unto them, they said, “This is clearly [but] spellbinding deception!”
- Sahih International
- But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 4 | مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratan | visible | بصر |
| 5 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 6 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 7 | سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run | (is) a magic | سحر |
| 8 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | manifest | بين |