بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
Bal q a loo mithla m a q a la alawwaloon a But nay, they speak as the people of olden times did speak:
 - Mohammad Asad
On the contrary they just say what their forefathers said before them,
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
But they 'just' say what their predecessors said.
 - Mustafa Khattab
Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said. 2926
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali