And when Our proofs are recited to them, they say: “We have heard; if we wished we could speak the like of this; this is only legends of the former peoples.”
| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wa-idhā | And when | |
| 2 | tut'lā | are recited | تلو |
| 3 | ʿalayhim | to them | |
| 4 | āyātunā | Our Verses | ايي |
| 5 | qālū | they say | قول |
| 6 | qad | Verily | |
| 7 | samiʿ'nā | we have heard | سمع |
| 8 | law | if | |
| 9 | nashāu | we wish | شيا |
| 10 | laqul'nā | surely, we could say | قول |
| 11 | mith'la | like | مثل |
| 12 | hādhā | this | |
| 13 | in | Not | |
| 14 | hādhā | is this | |
| 15 | illā | but | |
| 16 | asāṭīru | tales | سطر |
| 17 | l-awalīna | (of) the former (people) | اول |
When Our Signs are recited to them, they say, ‘We have already heard all this. If we wanted, we could say the same thing. This is nothing but the myths of previous peoples.’
And if Our revelations are recited to them, they Say: "We have listened, and if we wish, we could have said the same thing. This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"
When Our Messages are conveyed to them, they say, "We have heard. If we wish, we can speak like it. This is nothing but fables of the ancient."
And when Our proofs are recited to them, they say: “We have heard; if we wished we could speak the like of this; this is only legends of the former peoples.”
And if Our revelations are recited to them, they say: "We have listened, and if we wish, we could have said the same thing. This is nothing except fictional tales of old!"
When Our signs are recited to them, they say, "We have listened, and if we wish, we could have said the same thing. This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"
When our revelations are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we wanted to, we could have said the same things. These are no more than tales from the past!"
When Our messages were read out to them, they said: "We have heard. We could certainly compose (writings) like them if we choose. They are but only tales of long ago."
And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."
And whenever Our messages were conveyed to them, they would say, "We have heard before; if we wanted, we could certainly compose sayings like these : they are nothing but fables of ancient times!"
And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
And when Our verses are recited to them, they say: 'We have heard. We could, if we willed, compose the like of it. They, are nothing but fables of the ancient times.'
When Our revelations are recited to them. They insolently say: "We have heard, and the like of this we heard before, and if we will we could discourse the like thereof. This is nothing but fables of old".
When you were reciting My Revelations to them, they responded: "We have heard these before. We can fabricate such things too; after all, they are nothing but the ancient myths."
And when Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) are recited to them, they say: "We have heard (the Qur’ân); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients."
When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
Whenever Our revelations are recited to them, they challenge ˹you˺, "We have already heard ˹the recitation˺. If we wanted, we could have easily produced something similar. This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but ancient fables!"
When Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard; if we wish, we can compose a discourse like this. It is nothing but the tales of the ancient people."
Whenever Our Revelation is recited to them they say, ‘We have heard all this before- we could say something like this if we wanted- this is nothing but ancient fables.’
And When Our signs were being recited to them, they said, 'We have already heard; if we wished, we could say the like of this; this is naught but the fairy-tales of the ancients. '
But when our verses were rehearsed to them they said, 'We have already heard. - If we pleased we could speak like this; verily, this is nothing but tales of those of yore.'
But when Our verses were recited to them they said, "We have already heard. If We pleased We could speak like this; verily, this is nothing but tales of ancient folk."
And when Our signs are recited to them, they said, "We have already heard; if we decided, we would indeed say the like of this; decidedly this is nothing except the myths of the earliest (people). "
And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, 'We have heard. If we wished we could certainly say the like of it. This is nothing but mere tales of the ancients'
When Our verses are read to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): If we wanted, we could say (words) like these: These are nothing but old stories. "
And when Our verses are recited to them they say, `We have already heard (them before). If we so wish, we could certainly compose the like of this. These are nothing but fables of the former peoples.'
When Our signs are recited to them, they say, ‘We have heard already. If we want, we can say like this. These are nothing but myths of the ancients.’