Quran 43:30 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet when the Truth came to them, they said, ‘This is sorcery. We do not believe in it,’
وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوا هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِ كَافِرُونَ
walammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu qālū hādhā siḥ'run wa-innā bihi kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when the truth came to them, they said, 'This is a sorcery, and in it we are unbelievers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- but now that the truth has come to them, they say, “All this is mere spellbinding eloquence” - and, behold, we deny that there is any truth in it!”
- Sahih International
- But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَهُمُjāahumu | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu | the truth | حقق |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 5 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 6 | سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run | (is) magic | سحر |
| 7 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | and indeed, we | — |
| 8 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 9 | كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna | (are) disbelievers | كفر |