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Surah 38. Sad, Ayah 4

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وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

WaAAajiboo an j a ahum mun th irun minhum waq a la alk a firoona h atha s ah irun ka ththa b un

Now these [people] deem it strange that a warner should have come unto them from their own midst - and [so] the deniers of the truth are saying: "A [mere] spellbinder is he, a liar!⁷

- Mohammad Asad

They wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves, and the disbelievers say: "He is a sorcerer telling lies!

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Now, the pagans are astonished that a warner has come to them from among themselves.¹ And the disbelievers say, 'This is a magician, a total liar!

- Mustafa Khattab

And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! And the Unbelievers say "This is a sorcerer telling lies! ⁴¹⁵⁰

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali