سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ

Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 8

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أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا ﴿8﴾
"Or (why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat?" And the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) say: "You follow none but a man bewitched."
أَوْ aw Or
يُلْقَىٰٓ yul'qā is delivered
إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him
كَنزٌ kanzun a treasure
أَوْ aw or
تَكُونُ takūnu is
لَهُۥ lahu for him
جَنَّةٌۭ jannatun a garden
يَأْكُلُ yakulu he may eat
مِنْهَا ۚ min'hā from it
وَقَالَ waqāla And say
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna the wrongdoers
إِن in Not
تَتَّبِعُونَ tattabiʿūna you follow
إِلَّا illā but
رَجُلًۭا rajulan a man
مَّسْحُورًا masḥūran bewitched

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8-1. So that he would be free from seeking sustenance.

8-2. So that his status would become somewhat distinguished from us.

8-3. That is, whose intellect and understanding are affected by magic.