← Surah 26

26:40

لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

Word by word

لَعَلَّنَا
That we may
Preposition
نَتَّبِعُ
follow
Verb
Root: تبع
ٱلسَّحَرَةَ
the magicians
Noun
Root: سحر
إِن
if
Preposition
كَانُوا۟
they are
Verb
Root: كون
هُمُ
they are
Noun
ٱلْغَٰلِبِينَ
the victorious
Noun
Root: غلب

Translation

"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

"Üstün gelirlerse herhalde sihirbazlara uyarız" dediler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Şehir halkı:) “Umarız ki büyücüler üstün gelirlerse büyücülere uyarız!” (demişti).

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain