سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 47
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, then the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) say: "You follow none but a bewitched man."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
نَّحْنُ
naḥnu
We
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
know best
بِمَا
bimā
[of] what
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
yastamiʿūna
they listen
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
to [it]
إِذْ
idh
when
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
yastamiʿūna
they listen
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
and when
هُمْ
hum
they
نَجْوَىٰٓ
najwā
(are) in private conversation
إِذْ
idh
when
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
say
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers
إِن
in
Not
تَتَّبِعُونَ
tattabiʿūna
you follow
إِلَّا
illā
but
رَجُلًۭا
rajulan
a man
مَّسْحُورًا
masḥūran
bewitched
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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47. We know well why they listen to you [57] and what they say in private, when the wrongdoers say: "You are only following a man who is bewitched [58]."
[57]
The Reason Disbelievers Listen Attentively to the Quran:
That is, if they listen to your words attentively, it is not so that they may receive guidance, but rather they listen in hopes of finding some point or argument by which they can either deny this Prophet or mock him. And it is obvious that if one is searching for such things, one must listen attentively.
[58] The Quraysh of Makkah had imposed a restriction that none of their people would listen to the Quran, but there was such sweetness and appeal in this speech that even they could not abide by their own restriction, and would secretly listen to the Quran in the darkness of night. Then, when one of them suspected another of having listened to the Quran, they would say among themselves: "Which person are you talking about? The one who is himself bewitched and says strange things."
[57]
The Reason Disbelievers Listen Attentively to the Quran:
That is, if they listen to your words attentively, it is not so that they may receive guidance, but rather they listen in hopes of finding some point or argument by which they can either deny this Prophet or mock him. And it is obvious that if one is searching for such things, one must listen attentively.
[58] The Quraysh of Makkah had imposed a restriction that none of their people would listen to the Quran, but there was such sweetness and appeal in this speech that even they could not abide by their own restriction, and would secretly listen to the Quran in the darkness of night. Then, when one of them suspected another of having listened to the Quran, they would say among themselves: "Which person are you talking about? The one who is himself bewitched and says strange things."
