ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ٢١
Then he looked round;
74:22
ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ٢٢
Then he frowned and he scowled;
74:23
ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ ٢٣
Then he turned back and was haughty;
74:24
فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ ٢٤
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
74:25
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ ٢٥
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"