Surah Al-Hijr 15:15 — translation and meaning

الحجر · Verse 15 / 99 · Page 262

لَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

Word by Word

لَقَالُوا
laqalu
They would surely say
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
سُكِّرَتْ
sukkirat
have been dazzled
أَبْصَارُنَا
absaruna
our eyes
بَلْ
bal
Nay
نَحْنُ
nahnu
we
قَوْمٌ
qawmun
(are) a people
مَّسْحُورُونَ
mashuruna
bewitched

Transliteration

Laqaaloo innamaa sukkirat absaarunaa bal nahnu qawmum mashooroon

Translation

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They would not believe, and they said: Our eyes could no longer see, and what we saw was the effects of magic, so we are bewitched.

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

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