|  Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran -  43:30 | |
| < 43:31  43:29 > | 
| Transliteration | Walamma jaahumu alhaqqu qaloo hatha sihrun wa-inna bihi kafiroona | 
| Literal | And when the truth came to them, they said: "That (is) magic/sorcery, and we are with it disbelieving." | 
| Yusuf Ali | But when the Truth came to them, they said: "This is sorcery, and we do reject it." | 
| Pickthal | And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein. | 
| Arberry | And when the truth came to them, they said, 'This is a sorcery, and in it we are unbelievers.' | 
| Shakir | And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it. | 
| Sarwar | When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic and we have no faith in it". | 
| Khalifa | When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and we are disbelievers therein." | 
| Hilali/Khan | And when the truth (this Quran) came to them, they (the disbelievers in this Quran) said: "This is magic, and we disbelieve therein." | 
| H/K/Saheeh | But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers." | 
| Malik | But now when the truth has came to them, they say: "This is magic and we do not believe it."[30] | 
| QXP | But now that the Truth has come to them, they say, "It is a magical lie and, behold, we are disbelievers therein." | 
| Maulana Ali | And when the Truth came to them they said: This is enchantment, and surely we are disbelievers in it. | 
| Free Minds | And when the truth came to them, they said: "This is magic, and we reject it." | 
| Qaribullah | But when the truth came to them, they said: 'This is sorcery, we disbelieve in it. ' | 
| George Sale | But now the truth is come unto them, they say, this is a piece of sorcery; and we believe not therein. | 
| JM Rodwell | But now that the truth hath come to them, they say, "'Tis sorcery, and we believe it not." | 
| Asad | but now that the truth has come to them, they say, "All this is mere spellbinding eloquence" - and, behold, we deny that there is any truth in it!" [See note on 74:24, where this connotation of sihr appears for the first time in the course of Quranic revelation.] | 
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