سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ
Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 7
وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَـٰبًا فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And even if We had sent down unto you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) a Message written on paper so that they could touch it with their hands, the disbelievers would have said: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْ
walaw
And (even) if
نَزَّلْنَا
nazzalnā
We (had) sent down
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
كِتَـٰبًۭا
kitāban
a written Scripture
فِى
fī
in
قِرْطَاسٍۢ
qir'ṭāsin
a parchment
فَلَمَسُوهُ
falamasūhu
and they touched it
بِأَيْدِيهِمْ
bi-aydīhim
with their hands
لَقَالَ
laqāla
surely (would) have said
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
إِنْ
in
Not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّا
illā
but
سِحْرٌۭ
siḥ'run
magic
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
7. 1. This is an expression of their stubbornness, denial, and arrogance that even after such a clear divine writing, they will not be ready to accept it and will declare it a magical trick. As it is stated in another place in the Quran: ولو فتحنا علیہم بابا من السماء فظلو فیہ یعرجون لقالوا انما سکرت ابصارنا بل نحن قوم مسحورون (الحجر) If We opened for them a gate from the sky and they kept ascending through it, they would surely say, "Our eyes have been dazzled; rather, we are a people affected by magic." (وَاِنْ يَّرَوْا كِسْفًا مِّنَ السَّمَاۗءِ سَاقِـطًا يَّقُوْلُوْا سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُوْمٌ) 52:44 And if they were to see a piece falling from the sky, they would say, "It is just piled-up clouds." That is, they would interpret the divine punishment in some way so that they would not have to accept the will of Allah in it, whereas whatever happens in the universe happens by His will.
