Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 3 (21:3)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ …

Quran 21:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 322 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:3
لَاهِيَةًقُلُوبُهُمْ ۗوَأَسَرُّوا۟ٱلنَّجْوَىٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟هَلْهَٰذَآإِلَّابَشَرٌمِّثْلُكُمْ ۖأَفَتَأْتُونَٱلسِّحْرَوَأَنتُمْتُبْصِرُونَ٣
lāhiyatan qulūbuhum wa-asarrū l-najwā alladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum afatatūna l-siḥ'ra wa-antum tub'ṣirūna

With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"(3)

Word by word

  1. لَاهِيَةًlāhiyatanDistracted
  2. قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗqulūbuhumtheir hearts
  3. وَأَسَرُّوا۟wa-asarrūAnd they conceal
  4. ٱلنَّجْوَىl-najwāthe private conversation
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  6. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] wronged
  7. هَلْhalIs
  8. هَٰذَآhādhāthis
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. بَشَرٌbasharuna human being
  11. مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖmith'lukumlike you
  12. أَفَتَأْتُونَafatatūnaSo would you approach
  13. ٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'rathe magic
  14. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  15. تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnasee (it)

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