Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:81

23:81

بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

— Saheeh International

But, like others before them,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay, but they say the like of what the men of old said.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 18Page 347meccan

Word by Word

بَلْbalNay
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
مَاmā(of) what
قَالَqālasaid
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnathe former (people)