بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٨١
Rather,1 they say like what the former peoples said.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Instead of understanding or reasoning.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- بَلۡNaybal
- قَالُواْthey sayqālū
- مِثۡلَ(the) likemith'la
- مَا(of) whatmā
- قَالَsaidqāla
- ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَthe former (people)l-awalūna
Tafsir
But they said what their forefathers and predecessors in disbelief said.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran