Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories), ayah 48
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فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا قَالُوا لَوْلَا أُوتِيَ مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ قَالُوا سِحْرَانِ تَظَاهَرَا وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ
Translation by words
- فَلَمَّا
- But when
- جَآءَهُمُ
- came to them
- ٱلْحَقُّ
- the truth
- مِنْ
- from Us
- عِندِنَا
- from Us
- قَالُوا۟
- they said,
- لَوْلَآ
- "Why not
- أُوتِىَ
- he was given
- مِثْلَ
- (the) like
- مَآ
- (of) what
- أُوتِىَ
- was given
- مُوسَىٰٓ
- (to) Musa?"
- أَوَلَمْ
- Did not
- يَكْفُرُوا۟
- they disbelieve
- بِمَآ
- in what
- أُوتِىَ
- was given
- مُوسَىٰ
- (to) Musa
- مِن
- before?
- قَبْلُ
- before?
- قَالُوا۟
- They said,
- سِحْرَانِ
- "Two magic (works)
- تَظَٰهَرَا
- supporting each other."
- وَقَالُوٓا۟
- And they said,
- إِنَّا
- "Indeed, we
- بِكُلٍّ
- in all
- كَٰفِرُونَ
- (are) disbelievers."
But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "(They are but) two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."
28:48
Translation: Saheeh International