And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have

surah Anfal aya 31 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.

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English Translation of the Meanings by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali , Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi & English - Sahih International : surah Anfal aya 31 in arabic text(The Spoils of War).

Verse 31 from surah Al-Anfal

﴿وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا قَالُوا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ۙ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ﴾
[ الأنفال: 31]

English - Sahih International

8:31 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."

Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English

Abridged Explanation of the Quran

If Allah’s words are recited to them, they say – stubborn against the truth, considering themselves above it, and disbelieving – that they have heard something similar before, and that if they wanted to say something similar to the Qur’ān they could, saying that the Qur’ān is just the fables of earlier peoples.

Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali

And when Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to them, they say: "We have heard this (the Quran); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients."

phonetic Transliteration

Waitha tutla AAalayhim ayatuna qaloo qad samiAAna law nashao laqulna mithla hatha in hatha illa asateeru alawwaleena

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

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."

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And when Our Ayat are recited to them, they say: "We have heard (the Qur'an); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients."

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8:31 And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have translate in arabic

» tafsir Tafheem-ul-Quran ,Maududi

وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا قالوا قد سمعنا لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا إن هذا إلا أساطير الأولين

سورة: الأنفال - آية: ( 31 ) - جزء: ( 9 ) - صفحة: ( 180 )

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

When Our revelations are recited to them. They insolently say: We have heard, and the like of this we heard before, and if we will we could discourse the like thereof. This is nothing but fables of old

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(8:31) And when Our verses are recited to them, they say: 'We have heard. We could, if we willed, compose the like of it. They, are nothing but fables of the ancient times.'

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have meaning

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have meaning in Urdu

جب ان کو ہماری آیات سنائی جاتی تھیں تو کہتے تھے کہ “ہاں سُن لیا ہم نے، ہم چاہیں تو ایسی ہی باتیں ہم بھی بنا سکتے ہیں، یہ تو وہی پُرانی کہانیاں ہیں جو پہلے سے لوگ کہتے چلے آ رہے ہیں "

listen to Verse 31 from Anfal 8:31

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