Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:103

16:103

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ

walaqad naʿlamu annahum yaqūlūna innamā yuʿallimuhu basharun lisānu alladhī yul'ḥidūna ilayhi aʿjamiyyun wahādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyun mubīnun

And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)]." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this [recitation, i.e., Qur’ān] is [in] a clear Arabic language.

— Saheeh International

We know very well that they say, ‘It is a man who teaches him,’ but the language of the person they allude to is foreign, while this revelation is in clear Arabic.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We know that they (polytheists and pagans) say: "It is only a human being who teaches him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم)." The tongue of the man they refer to is foreign, while this (the Qur’ân) is a clear Arabic tongue.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuWe know
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
يُعَلِّمُهُۥyuʿallimuhuteaches him
بَشَرٌۭۗbasharuna human being
لِّسَانُlisānu(The) tongue
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one
يُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūnathey refer
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
أَعْجَمِىٌّۭaʿjamiyyun(is) foreign
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāwhile this
لِسَانٌlisānun(is) a language
عَرَبِىٌّۭʿarabiyyunArabic
مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear