Quran 38:4 — Saad, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers think it strange that a prophet of their own people has come to warn them: they say, ‘He is just a lying sorcerer.
وَعَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ
waʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum waqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhābun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the unbelievers say, 'This is a lying sorcerer.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now these [people] deem it strange that a warner should have come unto them from their own midst - and [so] the deniers of the truth are saying: “A [mere] spellbinder is he, a liar!
- Sahih International
- And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعَجِبُوٓا۟waʿajibū | And they wonder | عجب |
| 2 | أَنan | that | — |
| 3 | جَآءَهُمjāahum | has come to them | جيأ |
| 4 | مُّنذِرٌۭmundhirun | a warner | نذر |
| 5 | مِّنْهُمْ ۖmin'hum | from themselves | — |
| 6 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 7 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 8 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 9 | سَـٰحِرٌۭsāḥirun | (is) a magician | سحر |
| 10 | كَذَّابٌkadhābun | a liar | كذب |