ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون : ٨٣

  • لَقَدۡ Verily
  • وُعِدۡنَا we have been promised
  • نَحۡنُ [we]
  • وَءَابَآؤُنَا and our forefathers
  • هَٰذَا this
  • مِن before
  • قَبۡلُ before
  • إِنۡ not
  • هَٰذَآ (is) this
  • إِلَّآ but
  • أَسَٰطِيرُ (the) tales
  • ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ (of) the former (people)
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
Already We and our fathers have been promised this, resurrection after death, before: these are nothing but the fables, the lies, of the ancients', [mere] jokes and strange tales (asaateer, the plural of ustoora).