Quran 6:7 — Al-An'aam, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even if We had sent down to you [Prophet] a book inscribed on parchment, and they had touched it with their own hands, the disbelievers would still say, ‘This is nothing but blatant sorcery.’
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا فِي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
walaw nazzalnā ʿalayka kitāban fī qir'ṭāsin falamasūhu bi-aydīhim laqāla alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Had We sent down on thee a Book on parchment and so they touched it with their hands, yet the unbelievers would have said, 'This is naught but manifest sorcery.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But even if we had sent down unto thee [O Prophet] a writing on paper, and they had touched it with their own hands - those who are bent on denying the truth would indeed have said, "This is clearly nothing but a deception!"
- Sahih International
- And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And (even) if | — |
| 2 | نَزَّلْنَاnazzalnā | We (had) sent down | نزل |
| 3 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 4 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a written Scripture | كتب |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | قِرْطَاسٍۢqir'ṭāsin | a parchment | قرطس |
| 7 | فَلَمَسُوهُfalamasūhu | and they touched it | لمس |
| 8 | بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhim | with their hands | يدي |
| 9 | لَقَالَlaqāla | surely (would) have said | قول |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 11 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 12 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 13 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | (is) this | — |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 15 | سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run | magic | سحر |
| 16 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |