Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“Is this sorcery? Or do you not see?

اَفَسِحْرٌ هٰذَٓا اَمْ اَنْتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Afasihrun hatha am antum latubsiroon
#wordmeaningroot
1afasiḥ'runThen is this magicسحر
2hādhāThen is this magic
3amor
4antumyou
5lā(do) not
6tub'ṣirūnaseeبصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    So is this magic? Or is it that you do not see?

  • Progressive Muslims

    "Is this magic, or do you not see"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Is it, and was it, then, magic - or is it that you never used your Vision?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “Is this sorcery? Or do you not see?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Is this magic, or do you not see?"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "Is this magic, or do you not see?"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Is this magic, or do you not see?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Is it magic, or you cannot see?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Then is this magic, or do you not see?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Was it, then, a delusion or is it that you failed to see ?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Is this magic, or do ye not see?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Is this, then, any feat of magic or are you unable to see?*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Now, do you see it a reality! or is it also an illusive appearance and a secret and overmastering influence resembling magic in its effect? or is it that you have lost sight?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "Do you think this is magic? Can you see now what you were rejecting?"

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Is this magic, or do you not see?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Is this magic, or do you not see?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Is it then magic, or do you not see?

  • Abdul Haleem

    So is this sorcery? Do you still not see it?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    What, is this magic, or is it you that do not see?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Is it magic, this? or can ye not see?-

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Is it magic then, or do you not see?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So, is this magic, or is it you (who) do not behold?

  • George Sale

    Is this a magic illusion? Or do ye not see?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    "Is this a fake, or is it you who do not see?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Is this an illusion or is it you who are still unable to see?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Is this then magic, or is it you who do not perceive?