Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:47

17:47

نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yastamiʿūna bihi idh yastamiʿūna ilayka wa-idh hum najwā idh yaqūlu l-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulan masḥūran

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."

— Saheeh International

We know best the way they listen, when they listen to you and when they confer in secret, and these wrongdoers say, ‘You are only following a man who is bewitched.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, then the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) say: "You follow none but a bewitched man."

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

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Word by Word

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