# 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 40

- **Surah:** 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) — سورة الشعراء
- **Verse:** 40 / 227 · **Juz:** 19 · **Mushaf page:** 368
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-40

## Arabic

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ اِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِب۪ينَ

## Transcription

LaAAallana nattabiAAu assaharatain kanoo humu alghalibeen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

so we can follow the magicians if they are the winners?’

### Progressive Muslims

"Perhaps we can follow the magicians if they are the winners. "

### Shabbir Ahmed

Pharaoh continued, "So that when the debaters win, we carry them in a procession. "

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

So we might follow the sorcerers, if they are the victors?”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

"Perhaps we can follow the magicians if they are the winners."

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

"Maybe we will follow the magicians, if they are the winners."

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

(They said): "We may haply follow the magicians if they are victorious. "

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?"

### Muhammad Asad

so that we might follow [in the footsteps of] the sorcerers if it is they who prevail?"

### Marmaduke Pickthall

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

We may perhaps follow the religion of the magicians if they triumph."[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] This sentence confirms the idea that those who had witnessed the miracle of Moses (peace be upon him) in the royal court and those who had heard of it reliably outside were losing faith in their ancestral religion, and now the strength of their faith depended on this that their own magicians also should give a performance similar to that of Moses (peace be upon him). That is why Pharaoh and his chiefs themselves regarded this contest as a decisive one, and their heralds were busy moving about in the land, impressing on the people that if the magicians won the day, they would yet be secured against the risk of being won over to Moses’ (peace be upon him) religion, otherwise there was every possibility of their creed being exposed and abandoned forever.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

"We accept the authority of the magicians should they win and espouse their opinions and their cause. "

### Bijan Moeinian

"If the magicians win, we may follow their religion. "

### Al-Hilali & Khan

"That we may follow the sorcerers [who were on Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) religion of disbelief] if they are the winners."

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

so that we may follow the magicians if they prevail?"

### Taqi Usmani

so that we may follow the sorcerers if they are victorious?"

### Abdul Haleem

We may follow the sorcerers if they win!"

### Arthur John Arberry

Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors. '

### E. Henry Palmer

haply we may follow the sorcerers if we gain the upper hand. '

### Hamid S. Aziz

And it was said to the people, "Are you assembling?"

### Mahmoud Ghali

That possibly we would closely follow the sorcerers, in case they are the ones who are the overcomers?"

### George Sale

Perhaps we may follow the magicians, if they do get the victory.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

That we may follow (the religion of) the magicians, if they win?"

### Amatul Rahman Omar

`So that we may follow the sorcerers if they win clear supremacy. '

### Ali Quli Qarai

‘Maybe we will follow the magicians, should they be the victors!’

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

"Eğer galip gelirlerse, muhtemelen biz sihirbazlara tabi oluruz" (dedi halk).

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

"Umarız ki, eğer galip gelirse biz de büyücülere uyarız."

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Halk, "Sihirbazlar üstün gelirse, biz de belki onlara uyarız" dediler.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

"Umarız, üstün gelirlerse sihirbazlara uyarız" (dediler.)

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Sanırız bizler sihirbazlara tabi' olacağız şayed onlar olursa galibler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

şayet üstün gelirlerse, herhalde bizler sihirbazlara uyacağız, dediler.

### Gültekin Onan

"Umarız ki, eğer galip gelirse biz de büyücülere uyarız."

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

"Umarız ki (bizimkiler) gaalib olurlarsa biz de (kendi) büyücüler (imiz) e uyarız".

### İbni Kesir

Eğer onlar galip gelirlerse; büyücülere belki biz de tabi oluruz.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

"Çünkü, umarız ki, üstün gelen büyücüler olursa onların (hükmüne) uyarız".

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

-Eğer galip gelen sihirbazlar olursa herhalde biz de onlara uyarız.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Umarız ki büyücüler üstün gelirse biz de onlara uyarız."

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

"Sanıyoruz ki, büyücülere uyacağız, eğer galip gelirlerse."

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Beklentimiz gerçekleşsin diye bizler herhalde sihirbazlardan yana olacağız; yeter ki galip gelen onlar olsunlar!"

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Umarız sihirbazlar galip gelir; o zaman biz de onlara tabi oluruz."

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Büyücüler üstün gelirse, biz de onlara uyarız!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

"Galip gelirlerse belki büyücülere uyarız" dendi.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Şehir halkı:) "Umarız ki büyücüler üstün gelirlerse büyücülere uyarız!" (demişti).[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Bu ayet A‘râf 7:109-112 ve Tâhâ 20:57-60. ayetlerle birlikte okunmalıdır.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Umarız sihirbazlar galip gelir; o zaman biz de onlara tabi oluruz."

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

"Umarız sihirbazlar galip gelir; o zaman biz de onlara tabi oluruz."

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Galip gelenler sihirbazlar olursa belki biz de onlara uyarız."

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَعَلَّنَا — laʿallanā | That we may | — |
| 2 | نَتَّبِعُ — nattabiʿu | follow | تبع — Te-Be-Ayn |
| 3 | ٱلسَّحَرَةَ — l-saḥarata | the magicians | سحر — Sin-Ha-Ra |
| 4 | إِن — in | if | — |
| 5 | كَانُوا۟ — kānū | they are | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 6 | هُمُ — humu | they are | — |
| 7 | ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ — l-ghālibīna | the victorious | غلب — Gayn-Lam-Be |

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