Surah An-Naml — Verse 13

The Ant · 27:13 · 13/93

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Falamma jaat-hum ayatunamubsiratan qaloo hatha sihrun mubeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, "This is obvious magic."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

But when Our enlightening signs came to them, they said, ‘This is clearly [just] sorcery!’

Marmaduke Pickthall

But when Our tokens came unto them, plain to see, they said: This is mere magic,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But when Our Signs came to them, that should have opened their eyes, they said: "This is sorcery manifest!"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So when Our signs came to them as eye-openers, they said, “This is a clear magic.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

But when Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) came to them, clear to see, they said: "This is a manifest magic."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

But when Our Clear Signs came to them, they said: "This is plain magic."

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But when Our light-giving messages came unto them, they said, “This is clearly [but] spellbinding deception!”

Hilali and Khan · source edition

13. But when Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) came to them, clear to see, they said: "This is a manifest magic."