Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:13

27:13

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةً قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

falammā jāathum āyātunā mub'ṣiratan qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

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

Juz 19Page 377meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcame to them
ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Signs
مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratanvisible
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run(is) a magic
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunmanifest