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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 47of 111

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

Word-by-word meaning

نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
بِمَاbimā[of] what
يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen
بِهِۦٓbihito [it]
إِذْidhwhen
يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
وَإِذْwa-idhand when
هُمْhumthey
نَجْوَىٰٓnajwā(are) in private conversation
إِذْidhwhen
يَقُولُyaqūlusay
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
إِنinNot
تَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūnayou follow
إِلَّاillābut
رَجُلًۭاrajulana man
مَّسْحُورًاmasḥūranbewitched

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Secret Counsel of Quraysh after hearing the Qur'anAllah tells His Prophet about what the leaders of Quraysh discussed when they came and listened to him reciting Qur'an in secret, without their people knowing about it. They said that he was Mashur which according to the better-known view means someone affected by magic (Sihr); it may also mean a man who has a lung, i.e., a mere human being, as if they were saying that if you follow Muhammad, you will only be following a human being.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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