The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
Page #286
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نَّحْنُ
أَعْلَمُ
بِمَا
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
بِهِ
إِذْ
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
إِلَيْكَ
وَإِذْ
هُمْ
نَجْوَى
إِذْ
يَقُولُ
الظَّالِمُونَ
إِن
تَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
رَجُلًا
مَّسْحُورًا
naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yastamiʿūna bihī ʾidh yastamiʿūna ʾilayka wa-ʾidh hum najwā ʾidh yaqūlū ẓ-ẓālimūna ʾin tattabiʿūna ʾillā rajulan masḥūran-i
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 Quli Qarai
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!"
