Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:63

38:63

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ

attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"

— Saheeh International

and took as a laughing-stock? Have our eyes missed them?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Did we take them as an object of mockery, or have (our) eyes failed to perceive them?"

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

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Word by Word

أَتَّخَذْنَـٰهُمْattakhadhnāhumDid we take them
سِخْرِيًّاsikh'riyyan(in) ridicule
أَمْamor
زَاغَتْzāghathas turned away
عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāruthe vision