And We know that they say: “A man but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue.
| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walaqad | And certainly | |
| 2 | naʿlamu | We know | علم |
| 3 | annahum | that they | |
| 4 | yaqūlūna | say | قول |
| 5 | innamā | Only | |
| 6 | yuʿallimuhu | teaches him | علم |
| 7 | basharun | a human being | بشر |
| 8 | lisānu | (The) tongue | لسن |
| 9 | alladhī | (of) the one | |
| 10 | yul'ḥidūna | they refer | لحد |
| 11 | ilayhi | to him | |
| 12 | aʿjamiyyun | (is) foreign | عجم |
| 13 | wahādhā | while this | |
| 14 | lisānun | (is) a language | لسن |
| 15 | ʿarabiyyun | Arabic | عرب |
| 16 | mubīnun | clear | بين |
We know that they say, ‘It is only a human being who is teaching him. ’ The language of him they allude to is a foreign one whereas this is in clear and lucid Arabic.
And We are aware that they Say: "A human is teaching him. " The language of the one they refer to is foreign, while this is a clear Arabic language.
We know well what they say, "It is but a man teaching him!" The tongue of him they so maliciously point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear.
And We know that they say: “A man but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue.
And We are aware that they say: "A human being is teaching him." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, while this is a clear Arabic tongue.
We are aware that they say, "A human is teaching him." The language of the one they refer to is foreign, while this is a clear Arabic language.
We are fully aware that they say, "A human being is teaching him!" The tongue of the source they hint at is non-Arabic, and this is a perfect Arabic tongue.
Yet We know what they say: "It is only a man who instructs him. " The speech of the man they imply is obscure while this is clear Arabic.
And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet. " The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is a clear Arabic language.
And, indeed, full well do We know that they say, "It is but a human being that imparts this to him! - the tongue of him to whom they so maliciously point is wholly outlandish, whereas this is Arabic speech, clear and clearly showing the truth .
And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear Arabic speech.
Surely We know well that they say about you: "It is only a human being who teaches him,"* (notwithstanding) that he whom they maliciously hint at is of foreign tongue, while this (Qur'an) is plain Arabic speech.
And We do know what they say, thus: "He -Muhammad- is being taught by a man who dictates to him the words he expresses to the people". But the man they refer to is foreign while the Quran is being revealed in plain Arabic literary form.
I am aware of what they say (in their gatherings) about you: "Such and such person is teaching him the subject matter of Qur’an (from the biblical sources. )" The funny thing is that the maternal language of this such and such person (that they are referring to) is not Arabic and that the Qur’an is presented in a perfect Arabic language.
And indeed We know that they (polytheists and pagans) say: "It is only a human being who teaches him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم)." The tongue of the man they refer to is foreign, while this (the Qur’ân) is a clear Arabic tongue.
We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear.
And We surely know that they say, "No one is teaching him except a human." But the man they refer to speaks a foreign tongue, whereas this ˹Quran˺ is ˹in˺ eloquent Arabic.
We know well that they say, "There is a man who teaches him." The language of the one they refer to is non-Arabic while this is clear Arabic language.
We know very well that they say, ‘It is a man who teaches him,’ but the language of the person they allude to is foreign, while this revelation is in clear Arabic.
And We know very well that they say, 'Only a mortal is teaching him. ' The speech of him at whom they hint is barbarous; and this is speech Arabic, manifest.
We knew that they said, 'It is only some mortal who teaches him. ' - The tongue of him they lean towards is barbarous, and this is plain Arabic.
We know well that they say, "It is only some mortal who teaches him. " But the tongue of him they point to (Muhammad) is outlandish, while this (Quran) is Arabic, pure and clear.
And indeed We already know that they say, "Surely only a mortal is teaching him. " The tongue (i.e., the language) of him about whom they blaspheme is foreign, and this is an evident Arabic tongue.
We also know that they say, verily, a certain man teacheth him to compose the Koran. The tongue of the person unto whom they incline, is a foreign tongue; but this, wherein the Koran is written, is the perspicuous Arabic tongue.
We also know that they (the disbelievers) say, "It is a man who teaches him (the Prophet). " His (the Prophet’s) tongue, that they (wickedly) point to be notably different, whereas this is Arabic, pure and clear.
And We know fully well what they say (by way of objection) that this (Qur'ân) is (not revealed by God but it is) only what a human being instructs to him (- to Muhammad). But (strange it is) that the tongue of him to whom they (unjustly) allude (of making this insinuation) is foreign and wanting in clearness, whereas the language of this (Qur'ân) is chaste Arabic, plain and clear.
We certainly know that they say, ‘It is only a human that instructs him. ’ The language of him to whom they refer is non-Arabic, while this is a clear Arabic language.