Surah Al-Mu'minun, ayah 83
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
Al-Mu'minun · 23:83
Word by word
- لَقَدْlaqadVerily
- وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
- نَحْنُnaḥnu[we]
- وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- مِنminbefore
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- إِنْinnot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّآillābut
- أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) tales
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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