surah Anfal aya 31 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.
﴿وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا قَالُوا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ۙ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ﴾
[ الأنفال: 31]
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 EnglishIf 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."
We try our best to translate, keeping in mind the Italian saying: "Traduttore, traditore", which means: "Translation is a betrayal of the original text".
8:31 And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have translate in arabic
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 "
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