Al-Mu'minun - The Believers - 23:83 (Sura: 23, Verse: 83)

Sura: 23 Verse: 82Sura: 23 Verse: 84
 

Original Book

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

 

Ahmed Ali

We and our fathers were promised this before; it is nothing but ancient lore!"

 

Ali Ünal

"We were already promised such things, we and our forefathers. These are no more than the fables of the ancients."

 

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Surely, we and our forefathers have already been given such promises before. These are nothing but only fables of the former people.´

 

Asad

Indeed, this [very thing] we have been promised - we and our forefathers-long ago! This is nothing but fables of ancient times!"

 

Daryabadi

Assuredly this we have been promised--we and our fathers-- aforetime: naught is this but the fables of the ancients.

 

Faridul Haque

"Indeed this promise was given to us and before us to our forefathers – this is nothing but stories of earlier people."

 

Hamid S. Aziz

They said, "What! When we have become earth and bones, are we then going to be raised again?

 

Literal

We had been promised this from before, we, and our fathers, that this (is) except the first`s/beginner`s myths/baseless stories .

 

Malik

We have heard many such threats and so did our forefathers before us. These are nothing but legends of primitive people."

 

Maulana Mohammad Ali

They say: When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up?

 

Muhammad Sarwar

Our fathers and we have been given such promises before. These are no more than ancient legends."

 

Pickthall

We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

 

Shakir

Certainly we are promised this, and (so were) our fathers aforetime; this is naught but stories of those of old.

 

The Noble Koran

"Verily, this we have been promised, we and our fathers before (us)! This is only the tales of the ancients!"

 

Yusuf Ali

"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"

 

Sura: 23 Verse: 82Sura: 23 Verse: 84