← Surah 8

8:31

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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وَإِذَا
And when
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِذَاNoun — time adverb
تُتْلَىٰ
are recited
Verb
Root: تلو
Grammar (i'rab)
تُتْلَىٰVerb — imperfect، passive، 3rd fem. sing.
عَلَيْهِمْ
to them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
ءَايَٰتُنَا
Our Verses
Noun
Root: أيي
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَايَٰتُNoun — fem. plur.، nominative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
قَالُوا۟
they say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
قَدْ
Verily
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
سَمِعْنَا
we have heard
Verb
Root: سمع
Grammar (i'rab)
سَمِعْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
لَوْ
if
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَوْPreposition — conditional
نَشَآءُ
we wish
Verb
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
نَشَآءُVerb — imperfect، 1st plur.
لَقُلْنَا
surely, we could say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
قُلْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
مِثْلَ
like
Noun
Root: مثل
Grammar (i'rab)
مِثْلَNoun — masculine، accusative
هَٰذَآ
this
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَآNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
إِنْ
Not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنْPreposition — negative
هَٰذَآ
is this
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذَآNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.
إِلَّآ
but
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَّآPreposition — restriction
أَسَٰطِيرُ
tales
Noun
Root: سطر
Grammar (i'rab)
أَسَٰطِيرُNoun — masc. plur.، nominative
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
(of) the former (people)
Noun
Root: أول
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
أَوَّلِينَNoun — masc. plur.، genitive

Translation

EN

When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Whenever Our Revelation is recited to them they say, ‘We have heard all this before- we could say something like this if we wanted- this is nothing but ancient fables.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Ayetlerimiz onlara okunduğu zaman, "İşittik, işittik! İstesek biz de aynını söyleyebiliriz; bu sadece eskilerin masallarıdır" derlerdi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlara âyetlerimiz okunduğu zaman, "işittik, dilersek bunun gibisini biz de söyleriz, bu, eskilerin efsanelerinden başka bir şey değildir" diyorlardı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onlara ayetlerimiz tilavet edildiği (okunup aktarıldığı) zaman şöyle demişlerdi: “Elbette duyduk; isteseydik biz de bunun benzerini elbette söyleyebilirdik. Bu, öncekilerin masallarından başka bir şey değildir.”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

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.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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