سُوْرَةُ الصَّافَّاتِ

Surah As-Saaffaat (37) — Ayah 15

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿15﴾
And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!
وَقَالُوٓا۟ waqālū And they say
إِنْ in Not
هَـٰذَآ hādhā (is) this
إِلَّا illā except
سِحْرٌۭ siḥ'run a magic
مُّبِينٌ mubīnun clear

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(Ayah 15) {وَ قَالُوْۤا اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ :} That is, they declare every miracle to be magic and refuse to believe.

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15. 1. That is, this is their habit that they do not accept admonition, and when any clear proof or miracle is presented, they mock it and declare it to be magic.

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15. And they say: "This is nothing but clear magic [9]."

[9] Rather, it is these people who make strange statements, considering Allah’s signs to be tales from a world of magic: “When we die, we will then be resurrected. Then all of us will be presented before Allah’s court, then people’s deeds will be judged, then on one side there will be Hell with such and such characteristics, and on the other side there will be Paradise with such and such characteristics.” Such things could be said about some imaginary world, but how could a sensible and rational person say such things? It seems as if someone has cast a spell on him, that he suddenly started uttering such fanciful and delusional things.