Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And they say: “Legends of the former peoples he has written, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

وَقَالُٓوا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً
Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela
#wordmeaningroot
1waqālūAnd they sayقول
2asāṭīruTalesسطر
3l-awalīna(of) the former peopleاول
4ik'tatabahāwhich he has had writtenكتب
5fahiyaand they
6tum'lāare dictatedملو
7ʿalayhito him
8buk'ratanmorningبكر
9wa-aṣīlanand eveningاصل
  • Aisha Bewley

    They say, ‘It is myths of previous peoples which he has had transcribed and which are read out to him in the morning and the evening. ’

  • Progressive Muslims

    And they said: "Tales of the people of old, he wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has written down as they are dictated to him morning and evening. "

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And they say: “Legends of the former peoples he has written, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And they said: "Fictional tales of old! He wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They said, "Mythologies of the ancient people; he wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    They also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night.",

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And they say: "These are fables of antiquity he has invented, which are dictated to him morning and evening. "

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    And they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has caused to be written down, so that they might be read out to him at morn and evening!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    They say: "These are merely fairy tales of the ancients which he has got inscribed and they are then recited to him morning and evening."

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And they designate the divine discourse a fictitious narrative and say: "Tales of those of old which he -the Messenger- reduced to writing as they are dictated to him morning and evening.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The unbeliever say: "Qur’an is nothing but ancient stories/ myths given to him in writing early in the morning and at night (when nobody witnesses it). "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down: and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And they say, "˹These revelations are only˺ ancient fables which he has had written down, and they are rehearsed to him morning and evening."

  • Taqi Usmani

    And they said, "(These are) the tales of the ancients he (the messenger) has caused to be written, and they are read out to him at morn and eve."

  • Abdul Haleem

    and they say, ‘It is just ancient fables, which he has had written down: they are dictated to him morning and evening.’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    They say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients that he has had written down, so that they are recited to him at the dawn and in the evening. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And they say, 'Old folks' tales, which he has got written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And those who disbelieve say, "This is nothing but a lie which he has invented, and another people hath helped him with it;" But, in truth, it is they who have wrought an injustice and a falsehood.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And they have said, "Myths of the earliest (people) that he has had written down so that they are dictated to him before sunrise and at nightfall. "

  • George Sale

    They also say, these are fables of the ancients, which he hath caused to be written down; and they are dictated unto him morning and evening.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And they say: "Stories of the old times, which he has made to be written: And they are dictated before him morning and afternoon. "

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    They (also) say, `(This Qur'ân consists of) fables of the ancients that he has got written down and now they are read out to him morning and evening. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening. ’