Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 15 (15:15)

ٱلْحِجْر

لَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتْ أَبْصَٰرُنَا بَلْ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ مَّسْحُورُونَ

Quran 15:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 262 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:15
لَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّمَاسُكِّرَتْأَبْصَٰرُنَابَلْنَحْنُقَوْمٌمَّسْحُورُونَ١٥
laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmun masḥūrūna

They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."(15)

Word by word

  1. لَقَالُوٓا۟laqālūThey would surely say
  2. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  3. سُكِّرَتْsukkirathave been dazzled
  4. أَبْصَٰرُنَاabṣārunāour eyes
  5. بَلْbalNay
  6. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  7. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  8. مَّسْحُورُونَmasḥūrūnabewitched

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