Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:3

21:3

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

lāhiyatan qulūbuhum wa-asarrū l-najwā alladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum afatatūna l-siḥ'ra wa-antum tub'ṣirūna

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]?"

— Saheeh International

with frivolous hearts. The evildoers conferred in secret: ‘Is this man anything but a mortal like yourselves? Are you going to fall under his spell with your eyes wide open?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

With their hearts occupied (with evil things). Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels, (saying): "Is this (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) more than a human being like you? Will you submit to magic while you see it?"

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

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Word by Word

لَاهِيَةًۭlāhiyatanDistracted
قُلُوبُهُمْۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūAnd they conceal
ٱلنَّجْوَىl-najwāthe private conversation
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] wronged
هَلْhalIs
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis
إِلَّاillāexcept
بَشَرٌۭbasharuna human being
مِّثْلُكُمْۖmith'lukumlike you
أَفَتَأْتُونَafatatūnaSo would you approach
ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'rathe magic
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnasee (it)