Saba
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[34:43]
For [thus it is:] whenever Our messages are conveyed unto them in all their clarity, they [who are bent on denying the truth] say [to one another], "This [Muhammad] is nothing but a man who wants to turn you away from what your forefathers were wont to worship!"
And they say, "This [Qur’ān] is nothing but a falsehood invented [by man]!"
And [finally,] they who are bent on denying the truth speak thus of the truth when it comes to them: "This is clearly nothing but spellbinding eloquence!"

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* v.43 : Lit., “sorcery” or “magic” – a term frequently used in the sense of “spellbinding eloquence” (cf. 74:24, the earliest instance in the chronology of Qur’anic revelation).
* Lit., “which they could study,” i.e., in support of the blasphemous beliefs and practices inherited from their ancestors. Cf. 30:35, which expresses a similar idea.