ٱلْمُطَفِّفِين : ١٣

  • إِذَا When
  • تُتۡلَىٰ are recited
  • عَلَيۡهِ to him
  • ءَايَٰتُنَا Our Verses
  • قَالَ he says
  • أَسَٰطِيرُ Stories
  • ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ (of) the former (people)
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
When Our signs, [of] Al-Qur'an, are recited to him, he says, '[Mere] fables (asaateer) of the ancients!', [mere] tales that were written down (sutirat) in ancient times (asaateer is the plural of ustoora or istaara).