Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:5

25:5

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

waqālū asāṭīru l-awalīna ik'tatabahā fahiya tum'lā ʿalayhi buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

— Saheeh International

and they say, ‘It is just ancient fables, which he has had written down: they are dictated to him morning and evening.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down: and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

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

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وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruTales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former people
ٱكْتَتَبَهَاik'tatabahāwhich he has had written
فَهِىَfahiyaand they
تُمْلَىٰtum'lāare dictated
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratanmorning
وَأَصِيلًۭاwa-aṣīlanand evening