Quran 28:48 — Al-Qasas, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even now that Our truth has come to them, they say, ‘Why has he not been given signs like those given to Moses?’ Did they not also deny the truth that was given to Moses before? They say, ‘Two kinds of sor-cery, helping each other,’ and, ‘We refuse to accept either of them.’
فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا قَالُوا لَوْلَا أُوتِيَ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ قَالُوا سِحْرَانِ تَظَاهَرَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ
falammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu min ʿindinā qālū lawlā ūtiya mith'la mā ūtiya mūsā awalam yakfurū bimā ūtiya mūsā min qablu qālū siḥ'rāni taẓāharā waqālū innā bikullin kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet when the truth came to them 'from Ourselves, they said, 'Why has he not been given the like' of that Moses was given?' But they, did they not disbelieve also in what Moses was given aforetime? They said, 'A pair of sorceries mutually supporting each other.' They said, 'We disbelieve both.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, now that the truth has come unto them from Us, they say, “Why has he not been vouchsafed the like of what Moses was vouchsafed?” But did they not also, before this, deny the truth of what Moses was vouchsafed? [For] they do say, “Two examples of delusion, [seemingly] supporting each other!” And they add, “Behold, we refuse to accept either of them as true!”
- Sahih International
- But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَهُمُjāahumu | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu | the truth | حقق |
| 4 | مِنْmin | from Us | — |
| 5 | عِندِنَاʿindinā | from Us | عند |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 7 | لَوْلَآlawlā | Why not | — |
| 8 | أُوتِىَūtiya | he was given | أتي |
| 9 | مِثْلَmith'la | (the) like | مثل |
| 10 | مَآmā | (of) what | — |
| 11 | أُوتِىَūtiya | was given | أتي |
| 12 | مُوسَىٰٓ ۚmūsā | (to) Musa | — |
| 13 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Did not | — |
| 14 | يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurū | they disbelieve | كفر |
| 15 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 16 | أُوتِىَūtiya | was given | أتي |
| 17 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | (to) Musa | — |
| 18 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 19 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 20 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 21 | سِحْرَانِsiḥ'rāni | Two magic (works) | سحر |
| 22 | تَظَـٰهَرَاtaẓāharā | supporting each other | ظهر |
| 23 | وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālū | And they said | قول |
| 24 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 25 | بِكُلٍّۢbikullin | in all | كلل |
| 26 | كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna | (are) disbelievers | كفر |