Quran 28:36 — Al-Qasas, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But when Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said, ‘These are mere conjuring tricks; we never heard this from our forefathers.’
فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ بِآيَاتِنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالُوا مَا هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِي آبَائِنَا الْأَوَّلِينَ
falammā jāahum mūsā biāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā siḥ'run muf'taran wamā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So when Moses came to them with Our signs, clear signs, they said, 'This is nothing but a forged sorcery. We never heard of this among our fathers, the ancients.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But as soon as Moses came unto them with Our clear messages [Pharaoh and his great ones] said: “All this is nothing but spellbinding eloquence devised [by man]: and never did we hear [the like of] this, [nor has it ever been heard of] in the time of our forebears of old!”
- Sahih International
- But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَهُمjāahum | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | مُّوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | with Our Signs | أيي |
| 5 | بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātin | clear | بين |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 7 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 8 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | (is) this | — |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 10 | سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run | a magic | سحر |
| 11 | مُّفْتَرًۭىmuf'taran | invented | فري |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 13 | سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā | we heard | سمع |
| 14 | بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā | of this | — |
| 15 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 16 | ءَابَآئِنَاābāinā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 17 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | our forefathers | أول |