Tafseer of Ornaments of gold · Az-Zukhruf · 43:30
But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."
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وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ (And when the truth came to them). He, exalted be His praise, says: and when the Qurʾān came from Allah to these polytheists (mushrikīn), and a messenger from Allah whom He had sent to them with the call to Him, قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ (they said: This is magic). He says: this which this messenger has brought us is magic by which he bewitches us; it is not a revelation from Allah. وَإِنَّا بِهِ كَافِرُونَ (And indeed, we are disbelievers in it). He says: they said: and indeed, we reject it, we deny that this could be from Allah.
And in accordance with what we have said concerning this, the scholars of exegesis have spoken.
* Mention of who said that:
Muḥammad related to us, saying: Aḥmad related to us, saying: Asbāṭ related to us, on the authority of al-Suddī, concerning his statement: وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِ كَافِرُونَ (And when the truth came to them, they said: This is magic, and indeed, we are disbelievers in it), he said: these were the Quraysh; they said concerning the Qurʾān which Muḥammad — may Allah bless him and grant him peace — brought: this is magic.
