Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:4

38:4

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

waʿajibū an jāahum mundhirun min'hum waqāla l-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhābun

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

— Saheeh International

The disbelievers think it strange that a prophet of their own people has come to warn them: they say, ‘He is just a lying sorcerer.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they (Arab pagans) wonder that a warner (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) has come to them from among themselves. And the disbelievers say: "This (Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a sorcerer, a liar.

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

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Word by Word

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟waʿajibūAnd they wonder
أَنanthat
جَآءَهُمjāahumhas come to them
مُّنذِرٌۭmundhiruna warner
مِّنْهُمْۖmin'humfrom themselves
وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
سَـٰحِرٌۭsāḥirun(is) a magician
كَذَّابٌkadhābuna liar