Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
seeing that aforetime they had been bent on denying the truth, and had been wont to cast scorn, from far away, on something that was beyond the reach of human perception
Arthur John Arberry
seeing they disbelieved in it before, guessing at the Unseen from a place far away
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a position far off
Arabic
وَقَدۡ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَیَقۡذِفُونَ بِٱلۡغَیۡبِ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِیدࣲ ٥٣
Transliteration (2021)
waqad kafarū bihi min qablu wayaqdhifūna bil-ghaybi min makānin baʿīdi