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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 3of 112

لَاهِيَةًۭ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

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]?"

Word-by-word meaning

لَاهِيَةًۭlāhiyatanDistracted
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūAnd they conceal
ٱلنَّجْوَىl-najwāthe private conversation
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] wronged
هَلْhalIs
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
إِلَّاillāexcept
بَشَرٌۭbasharuna human being
مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖmith'lukumlike you
أَفَتَأْتُونَafatatūnaSo would you approach
ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'rathe magic
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnasee (it)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahThe Virtues of Surat Al-Anbiya'Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid said that `Abdullah said, "Banu Isra'il, Al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta Ha and Al-Anbiya' - they are among the earliest and most beautiful Surahs and they are my treasure."بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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