Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 31
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Al-Anfal · 8:31
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- قَدْqadVerily
- سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāwe have heard
- لَوْlawif
- نَشَآءُnashāuwe wish
- لَقُلْنَاlaqul'nāsurely, we could say
- مِثْلَmith'lalike
- هَـٰذَآ ۙhādhāthis
- إِنْinNot
- هَـٰذَآhādhāis this
- إِلَّآillābut
- أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīrutales
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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