Surah Al-Anbiya 21:3 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 3 / 112 · Page 322

ۗ ۖ لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا هَلْ هَذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

Word by Word

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ۖ
لَاهِيَةً
lahiyatan
Distracted
قُلُوبُهُمْ
qulubuhum
their hearts
وَأَسَرُّوا
wa-asarru
And they conceal
النَّجْوَى
al-najwa
the private conversation
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
ظَلَمُوا
zalamu
[they] wronged
هَلْ
hal
Is
هَذَا
hadha
this
إِلَّا
illa
except
بَشَرٌ
basharun
a human being
مِّثْلُكُمْ
mith'lukum
like you
أَفَتَأْتُونَ
afatatuna
So would you approach
السِّحْرَ
al-sih'ra
the magic
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تُبْصِرُونَ
tub'siruna
see (it)

Transliteration

Laahiyatan quloobuhum; wa asarrun najwal lazeena zalamoo hal haazaa illaa basharum mislukum afataa toonas sihra wa antum tubsiroon

Translation

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They listened to it whilst their hearts were unmindful of it. And those who are wrongdoers through disbelief hid their private talk when they said: “Is this one who claims to be a messenger but a man like you, without any distinction from you? What he has brought is magic. So will you follow him knowing that he is a man like you and what he has brought is magic?”

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

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