37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 15
وَقَالُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌۚ
Waqaloo in hatha illasihrun mubeen
They say, ‘This is just downright magic.
- Progressive Muslims
And they said: "This is nothing but evident magic!"
- Shabbir Ahmed
And of the Revelation they say, "This is nothing but magical eloquence. "
- Sam Gerrans
And they say: “This is only obvious sorcery.
- The Monotheist Group
And they said: "This is nothing except evident magic!"
- Edip-Layth
They said, "This is nothing but evident magic!"
- Aisha Bewley
They say, ‘This is just downright magic.
- Rashad Khalifa
They say, "This is obviously magic!
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
And say: "This is only magic.
- Sahih International
And say, "This is not but obvious magic.
- Muhammad Asad
and say: "This is clearly nothing but [a mortal’s] spellbinding eloquence!
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And they express their thoughts in words, thus: "This is nothing but sorcery made evident to the eye and the mind".
- Bijan Moeinian
When a revelation of God comes to the disbelievers they recourse to the mockery.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
- Mustafa Khattab
saying, "This is nothing but pure magic.
- Taqi Usmani
and say, "This is nothing but an open magic.
- Abdul Haleem
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
- Arthur John Arberry
and they say, 'This is nothing but manifest sorcery.
- E. Henry Palmer
and say, 'This is naught but obvious sorcery.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And they say, "This is nothing but clear magic.
- Mahmoud Ghali
And they have said, "Decidedly this is nothing except an evident sorcery.
- George Sale
and say, this is no other than manifest sorcery:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!"
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And they say, `This is nothing but an enchantment; (a device) causing a split (among the people).
- Ali Quli Qarai
and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’