إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِذَاWhenidhā
- تُتۡلَىٰare recitedtut'lā
- عَلَيۡهِto himʿalayhi
- ءَايَٰتُنَاOur Versesāyātunā
- قَالَhe saysqāla
- أَسَٰطِيرُStoriesasāṭīru
- ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna
Tafsir
When My verses revealed to My messenger are recited to him, he says: These are stories of the earlier nations and are not from Allah.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran