Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and say: “This is clearly nothing but [a mortal’s] spellbinding eloquence
M. M. Pickthall
And they say: Lo! this is mere magic
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
saying, “This is nothing but pure magic.
Safi Kaskas
saying, "This is mere magic. [37:15)
Wahiduddin Khan
saying, This is plain sorcery
Shakir
And they say: This is nothing but clear magic
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they said: This is not but clear sorcery.
T.B.Irving
and say: "This is just sheer magic!
Abdul Hye
and say: “This is nothing but clear magic!
The Study Quran
and say, “This is naught but manifest sorcery
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And they say, “This is nothing but apparent magic.
Talal Itani (2012)
And they say, 'This is nothing but plain magic
Dr. Kamal Omar
and said: “It is not but evident magic
and say: "This is nothing but plain sorcery
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they have said, "Decidedly this is nothing except an evident sorcery
Muhammad Sarwar
it and say, "It is only plain magic"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and say, .This is nothing but an open magic
Shabbir Ahmed
And of the Revelation they say, "This is nothing but magical eloquence."
Dr. Munir Munshey
And respond, "This is evidently just magic!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!"
And say, "This is not but obvious magic
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And they said: "This is nothing but evident magic!"
Abdel Haleem
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they say: this Qur'an is naught but magic manifest
Ahmed Ali
And say: "This is only magic
Aisha Bewley
They say, ´This is just downright magic.
Ali Ünal
And they say, "This is clearly nothing but sorcery
Ali Quli Qara'i
and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’
Hamid S. Aziz
And they say, "This is nothing but clear magic
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and they say: “This is only an obvious magic,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And say, “This is nothing but evident deception
Musharraf Hussain
saying, “This is magic;
Maududi
and say: "This is nothing but plain sorcery
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they said: "This is nothing except evident magic!"
Mohammad Shafi
And say, "This is nothing but obvious magic."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And they say, 'this is not but an open magic'.
They say, "This is obviously magic!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and say: 'This is nothing but clear sorcery!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And say: This is nothing but clear enchantment
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And they said: "That truly this (is) except clear/evident magic/sorcery
Bijan Moeinian
When a revelation of God comes to the disbelievers they recourse to the mockery
Faridul Haque
And they say, “This is nothing but clear magic.”
Sher Ali
And they say, this is nothing but plain sorcery
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And say: ‘This is but obvious magic
Amatul Rahman Omar
And they say, `This is nothing but an enchantment; (a device) causing a split (among the people)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And they say, “This is but an evident magic.”
Munir Mezyed
Saying: “This is nothing but an apparent sorcery (& devilry).
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And say: this is only plain magic.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They say, “This is nothing but apparent magic.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and say, “This is nothing but evident sorcery.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and say: "This is just sheer magic!
Samy Mahdy
And they said, “Surely this is none except an obvious magic.
Sayyid Qutb
and say: 'This is nothing but plain sorcery.
Ahmed Hulusi
They say, “This is plainly an effect of sorcery.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And they say: This is nothing but an open sorcery.
And they express their thoughts in words, thus: "This is nothing but sorcery made evident to the eye and the mind"
Mir Aneesuddin
And they say, “This is nothing but clear magic.
The Wise Quran
And they say, 'This is not except clear magic.