Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:68

27:68

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

laqad wuʿid'nā hādhā naḥnu waābāunā 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

"Indeed we were promised this - we and our forefathers before (us), verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients."

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

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Word by Word

لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُqablubefore
إِنْinNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīrutales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)