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

Quran 23:83

23:83

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

— Saheeh International

We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Verily, this we have been promised - we and our fathers before (us)! This is only the tales of the ancients!"

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

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Word by Word

لَقَدْlaqadVerily
وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
نَحْنُnaḥnu[we]
وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
إِنْinnot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّآillābut
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) tales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)