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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Wai tha qeela lahum m atha anzala rabbukum q a loo as at eeru alawwaleen a

and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" - are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"¹⁶

- Mohammad Asad

When they are asked: "What is it, that your Rabb has revealed?" They say: "Fictitious stories of the ancients!"

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Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 24

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and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" - are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"¹⁶

- Mohammad Asad

When they are asked: "What is it, that your Rabb has revealed?" They say: "Fictitious stories of the ancients!"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And when it is said to them, 'What has your Lord revealed?' They say, 'Ancient fables!'

- Mustafa Khattab

And when it is said unto them: What hath your Lord revealed? they say: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

When it is said to them "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" They say "Tales of the ancients!" ²⁰⁴⁷

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 16. An-Nahl, Ayah 24

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and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" - are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"16

- Mohammad Asad

When they are asked: "What is it, that your Rabb has revealed?" They say: "Fictitious stories of the ancients!"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And when it is said to them, 'What has your Lord revealed?' They say, 'Ancient fables!'

- Mustafa Khattab

And when it is said unto them: What hath your Lord revealed? they say: (Mere) fables of the men of old.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

When it is said to them "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" They say "Tales of the ancients!" 2047

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" - are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"¹⁶

When it is said to them "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" They say "Tales of the ancients!" ²⁰⁴⁷