Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:137

26:137

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīna

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

— Saheeh International

for we only do what our forefathers used to do:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"This is no other than the false tales and religion of the ancients, [Tafsir At-Tabarî]

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

Juz 19Page 373meccan

Word by Word

إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّاillābut
خُلُقُkhuluqu(the) custom
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)