Quran 40:24 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
to Pharaoh, Haman, and Korah and they said, ‘Sorcerer! Liar!’
إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَقَارُونَ فَقَالُوا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ
ilā fir'ʿawna wahāmāna waqārūna faqālū sāḥirun kadhābun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- to Pharaoh, Haman and Korah; they said, 'A lying sorcerer!'
- Muhammad Asad
- unto Pharaoh, and Haman, and Qarun; but they [only] said, “A spellbinder is he, a liar!”
- Sahih International
- To Pharaoh, Hāmān and Qārūn, but they said, "[He is] a magician and a liar."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَىٰilā | To | — |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 3 | وَهَـٰمَـٰنَwahāmāna | Haman | — |
| 4 | وَقَـٰرُونَwaqārūna | and Qarun | — |
| 5 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | but they said | قول |
| 6 | سَـٰحِرٌۭsāḥirun | A magician | سحر |
| 7 | كَذَّابٌۭkadhābun | a liar | كذب |