إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Ahmed Ali
When you recite Our revelations to him, he says: "These are fables of long ago."
Ahmed Raza Khan
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “These are stories of earlier people.”
Arberry
When Our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!'
Asad
that, whenever Our messages are conveyed to him, such a one says, "Fables of ancient times"?
Daryabadi
When Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, he saith: fables of the ancients.
Hilali & Khan
When Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"
ClearQuran - God
When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
ClearQuran - Allah
When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
Community - God
When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
Community - Allah
When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
Khattab
whenever Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
Maududi
and whenever Our verses are rehearsed to him, he says: “These are fairy- tales of times gone by.”
Mubarakpuri
When Our Ayat are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"
Pickthall
That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
Qarai
When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’
Qaribullah & Darwish
When Our verses are recited to him, he says: 'They are but fairytales of the ancients'
Saheeh International
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Sarwar
he says, "These are ancient legends".
Shakir
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
Transliteration
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
Transliteration 2
idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna
Wahiduddin Khan
when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, "These are just ancient fables."
Yusuf Ali
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
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