Surah Al-An'am 6:7 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 7 / 165 · Page 128

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا فِي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Word by Word

وَلَوْ
walaw
And (even) if
نَزَّلْنَا
nazzalna
We (had) sent down
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
كِتَابًا
kitaban
a written Scripture
فِي
fi
in
قِرْطَاسٍ
qir'tasin
a parchment
فَلَمَسُوهُ
falamasuhu
and they touched it
بِأَيْدِيهِمْ
bi-aydihim
with their hands
لَقَالَ
laqala
surely (would) have said
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
إِنْ
in
Not
هَذَا
hadha
(is) this
إِلَّا
illa
but
سِحْرٌ
sih'run
magic
مُّبِينٌ
mubinun
clear

Transliteration

Wa law nazzalnaa 'alaika Kitaaban fee qirtaasin falamasoohu bi aideehim laqaalal lazeena kafarooo in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen

Translation

And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muhammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If we had sent down to you, O Messenger, a book written on paper and they had seen it with their eyes, they would not have accepted it out of stubbornness and denial; and they would have said, ‘What you have brought is nothing more than clear magic; and we will never believe in it’.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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