Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:36

28:36

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

falammā jāahum mūsā biāyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā siḥ'run muf'taran wamā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

— Saheeh International

But when Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said, ‘These are mere conjuring tricks; we never heard this from our forefathers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then when Mûsâ (Moses) came to them with Our Clear Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they said: "This is nothing but invented magic. Never did we hear of this among our fathers of old."

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

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فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
جَآءَهُمjāahumcame to them
مُّوسَىٰmūsāMusa
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith Our Signs
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
مَاmāNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillāexcept
سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'runa magic
مُّفْتَرًۭىmuf'taraninvented
وَمَاwamāand not
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe heard
بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāof this
فِىٓfīamong
ءَابَآئِنَاābāināour forefathers
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnaour forefathers