ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء : ٣

  • لَاهِيَةٗ Distracted
  • قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ their hearts
  • وَأَسَرُّواْ And they conceal
  • ٱلنَّجۡوَى the private conversation
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • ظَلَمُواْ [they] wronged
  • هَلۡ Is
  • هَٰذَآ this
  • إِلَّا except
  • بَشَرٞ a human being
  • مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ like you
  • أَفَتَأۡتُونَ So would you approach
  • ٱلسِّحۡرَ the magic
  • وَأَنتُمۡ while you
  • تُبۡصِرُونَ see (it)
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]?"
with their hearts preoccupied, heedless of its meanings. And they are secret in [their] conference, [their] speech, [they] the evildoers (alladheena zalamoo, a substitution for the [third person plural indicator] waaw of wa-asarroo'l-najwaa, 'and they are secret in conference') 'Is this, namely, Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, other than a [mortal] human being like yourselves?, and so what he produces is [mere] sorcery. Will you then take [to] sorcery, [will] you [succumb and] follow it, even though you are able to see?', [even though] you know that it is sorcery?