Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”
Al-Qamar 54:2
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وَإِنْ يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ
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Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”
But whenever they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "It's just magic that keeps happening."
Yet whenever they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "It's just the same old magic!"
Yet if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Persistent sorcery.”
Yet whenever they see a sign, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”
Yet whenever they see a sign, they turn away, and say, “Continuous magic.”
And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."
And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic."
Whenever they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Same old magic!”
But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."
And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
Yet, when they see a sign they [who deny the truth] turn their backs and say, "The same old sorcery!"
(Regardless of any Signs these people see), they turn away and say: “This is an ongoing sorcery.”
If they see a sign, they turn away, and say, ‘An incessant magic!’
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