سورة الأنفال، الآية ٣١Surah Al-Anfal, ayah 31 (8:31)
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُواْ قَدۡ سَمِعۡنَا لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَقُلۡنَا مِثۡلَ هَٰذَآ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣١
The meaning in English
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."
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan, King Fahd Complex
التفسير الميسر
وإذا تتلى على هؤلاء الذين كفروا بالله آيات القرآن العزيز قالوا جهلا منهم وعنادًا للحق: قد سمعنا هذا من قبل، لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا القرآن، ما هذا القرآن الذي تتلوه علينا -يا محمد- إلا أكاذيب الأولين
التفسير الميسر، مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف
Word by word
| # | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | wa-idhā | And when |
| 2 | tut'lā | are recited |
| 3 | ʿalayhim | to them |
| 4 | āyātunā | Our Verses |
| 5 | qālū | they say |
| 6 | qad | Verily |
| 7 | samiʿ'nā | we have heard |
| 8 | law | if |
| 9 | nashāu | we wish |
| 10 | laqul'nā | surely, we could say |
| 11 | mith'la | like |
| 12 | hādhā | this |
| 13 | in | Not |
| 14 | hādhā | is this |
| 15 | illā | but |
| 16 | asāṭīru | tales |
| 17 | l-awalīna | (of) the former (people) |