Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Isra Verse 47
Al-Isra [17]: 47 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُوْنَ بِهٖٓ اِذْ يَسْتَمِعُوْنَ اِلَيْكَ وَاِذْ هُمْ نَجْوٰٓى اِذْ يَقُوْلُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا (الإسراء : ١٧)
- naḥnu
- نَّحْنُ
- We
- aʿlamu
- أَعْلَمُ
- know best
- bimā
- بِمَا
- [of] what
- yastamiʿūna
- يَسْتَمِعُونَ
- they listen
- bihi
- بِهِۦٓ
- to [it]
- idh
- إِذْ
- when
- yastamiʿūna
- يَسْتَمِعُونَ
- they listen
- ilayka
- إِلَيْكَ
- to you
- wa-idh
- وَإِذْ
- and when
- hum
- هُمْ
- they
- najwā
- نَجْوَىٰٓ
- (are) in private conversation
- idh
- إِذْ
- when
- yaqūlu
- يَقُولُ
- say
- l-ẓālimūna
- ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
- the wrongdoers
- in
- إِن
- "Not
- tattabiʿūna
- تَتَّبِعُونَ
- you follow
- illā
- إِلَّا
- but
- rajulan
- رَجُلًا
- a man
- masḥūran
- مَّسْحُورًا
- bewitched"
Transliteration:
nahnu a'lamu bimaa yastami'oona biheee iz yastami'oona ilaika wa iz hum najwaaa iz yaqooluz zaalimoona in tattabi'oona illaa rajulam mas hooraa(QS. al-ʾIsrāʾ:47)
English / Sahih Translation:
We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic." (QS. Al-Isra, ayah 47)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
We are fully aware of the reason for which they listen, when they listen to you, and when they are in secret consultation: when the transgressors say, “You are following none but a bewitched man.”
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We know best how they listen to your recitation and what they say privately—when the wrongdoers say, “You would only be following a bewitched man.”
Ruwwad Translation Center
We are well aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you, and what they say when they converse in private, when the wrongdoers say, “You are not following but a bewitched man.”
A. J. Arberry
We know very well how they listen when they listen to thee, and when they conspire, when the evildoers say, 'You are only following a man bewitched!'
Abdul Haleem
We know best the way they listen, when they listen to you and when they confer in secret, and these wrongdoers say, ‘You are only following a man who is bewitched.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
We are Best Knower of that wherewith they listen what time they listen to thee and what time they counsel together in secret, when the wrong-doers say: ye but follow a man enchanted.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!"
Abul Ala Maududi
We are well aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you and what they say when they confer in whispers, when the wrong-doers say: "You are only following one who is bewitched."
Ahmed Ali
We know well with what (intent) they hear you, for when they confer privately the wicked say: "You follow but a man deluded."
Ahmed Raza Khan
We know well why they listen when they lend ears to you, and when they discuss among themselves, when the unjust say, “You have not followed except a man who is under a magic spell.”
Ali Quli Qarai
We know best what they listen for, when they listen to you, and when they hold their secret talks, when the wrongdoers say, ‘[If you follow him] You will be following just a bewitched man.’
Ali Ünal
We know best what they wish to hear when they listen to you and that, when they are secluded among themselves, these wrongdoers say (to one another): "You are following but a man bewitched."
Amatul Rahman Omar
We know very well the purpose of their listening when they listen to you (and the purpose with which they confer) when they confer in private (and) when the unjust say, `You follow none but a man who is defrauded and deprived of reason.´
English Literal
We (are) more knowledgeable with what they hear/listen with it, when they hear/listen to you, and when they are confidentially talking/secretly conversing, when the unjust/oppressive say: "That (E) you follow except a bewitched/enchanted man."
Faridul Haque
We know well why they listen when they lend ears to you, and when they discuss among themselves, when the unjust say, "You have not followed except a man who is under a magic spell."
Hamid S. Aziz
We know best what they listen for when they give ear to you; and when they whisper apart (or meet in secret or private discussions or conferences) when the wrong-doers say, "You only follow a man bewitched."
Hilali & Khan
We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, behold, the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) say: "You follow none but a bewitched man."
Maulana Mohammad Ali
And We put coverings on their hearts and a deafness in their ears lest they understand it; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
We know best what they listen to when they listen to you, and when they take counsel secretly, when the unjust say: You follow only a man deprived of reason.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched.
Muhammad Sarwar
We know what they want to hear when they listen to you. They whisper to each other and say, "You are only following a bewitched person".
Qaribullah & Darwish
When they listen to you, We know very well how they listen. When they conspire, when the evildoers declare: 'You are only following a man who is bewitched'
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, then the wrongdoers say: "You follow none but a bewitched man."
Wahiduddin Khan
We are fully aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you; and what they say when they converse in private; and when the wrongdoers say, "You are only following a man who is bewitched!"
Talal Itani
We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You only follow a man bewitched.”
Tafsir jalalayn
We know best what they listen to, the reason for [which they listen to] it, in order to mock [it], when they listen to you, [to] your recital, and when they are in secret counsel, holding secret talks among themselves, in other words, when they talk, when (idh substitutes for the preceding idh, `when') the evildoers say, in their secret conversation; `You are only following a man bewitched, one duped, his mind overcome'.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
The Secret Counsel of Quraysh after hearing the Qur'an
Allah says;
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَى إِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّالِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ رَجُلً مَّسْحُورًا
We know best of what they listen to, when they listen to you. And when they take secret counsel, then the wrongdoers say;"You follow none but a bewitched man."
Allah tells His Prophet about what the leaders of Quraysh discussed when they came and listened to him reciting Qur'an in secret, without their people knowing about it.
They said that he was Mashur which according to the better-known view means someone affected by magic (Sihr);
it may also mean a man who has a lung, i.e., a mere human being, as if they were saying that if you follow Muhammad, you will only be following a human being.
This second suggestion does not sound correct, because what they meant here was that he was under the influence of Sihr (magic) which made him see dreams in which he learned these words that he recited.
Some of them said he was a poet, or a soothsayer, or crazy, or a sorcerer.
Allah says;
انظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الَامْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلً