سورة الذاريات، الآية ٣٩
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ ٣٩
fatawallā biruk'nihi waqāla sāḥirun aw majnūnun
But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."
Verse 39 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:39), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 522 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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But Pharaoh turned away from the truth, and he said regarding Moses (peace be upon him): “He is a magician that does magic on people or a madman who says what he does not understand”.
But he and his supporters turned away, and he said about [Moses], “A magician or a madman!”
But [Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said: "A sorcerer, or a madman."
But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one possessed!"
But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
Yet he turned away, with his (court) supporters, and said, "A sorcerer or a madman."
قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ
He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."
ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِۦ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ وَنُذِيقُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],
