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An-Naml 68

Ayah 68 of 93 · Meccan

لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا هَٰذَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦٨

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  2. وُعِدۡنَاwe have been promisedwuʿid'nā
  3. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  4. نَحۡنُwenaḥnu
  5. وَءَابَآؤُنَاand our forefatherswaābāunā
  6. مِنbeforemin
  7. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  8. إِنۡNotin
  9. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  10. إِلَّآexceptillā
  11. أَسَٰطِيرُtalesasāṭīru
  12. ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

Tafsir

We were promised and our fathers were promised before that we will all be raised, but we have not seen that promise come true. This promise we were all made is nothing but lies of the former people who recorded them in their books”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran