سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 30
وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when the truth (this Qur’ân) came to them, they (the disbelievers in this Qur’ân) said: "This is magic, and we disbelieve therein."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
جَآءَهُمُ
jāahumu
came to them
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
the truth
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
سِحْرٌۭ
siḥ'run
(is) magic
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
30. But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic [29], and we absolutely do not believe in it."
[29] They called it magic in the sense that the teaching of the Quran and its recitation, in terms of penetrating the heart and its effect, had an impact similar to magic. The disbelievers felt a grave danger from this, and another aspect was that whoever accepted the call of the Quran would be willing to leave all his relatives, but would never be willing to turn back from faith. The disbelievers called it magic because this teaching is such that it separates father from son, brother from sister—in short, it separates everyone from each other.
[29] They called it magic in the sense that the teaching of the Quran and its recitation, in terms of penetrating the heart and its effect, had an impact similar to magic. The disbelievers felt a grave danger from this, and another aspect was that whoever accepted the call of the Quran would be willing to leave all his relatives, but would never be willing to turn back from faith. The disbelievers called it magic because this teaching is such that it separates father from son, brother from sister—in short, it separates everyone from each other.
