Al-Muminoon 23:83
The Believers · ayah 83 of 118
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Laqad wuAAidna nahnu waabaonahatha min qablu in hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen
"We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples.""
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!""