Surah Al-Mutaffifin (المطففين) • The Defrauding

Quran 83:13

83:13

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

— Saheeh International

when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘Ancient fables!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"

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

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إِذَاidhāWhen
تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
قَالَqālahe says
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)