Quran 23:83 — Al-Muminoon, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We and our fathers have been promised this before; this is naught but the fairy-tales of the ancients.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, this [very thing] we have been promised - we and our forefathers - long ago! This is nothing but fables of ancient times!”
- Sahih International
- We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 2 | وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nā | we have been promised | وعد |
| 3 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | [we] | — |
| 4 | وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunā | and our forefathers | أبو |
| 5 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 6 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 7 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 8 | إِنْin | not | — |
| 9 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | (is) this | — |
| 10 | إِلَّآillā | but | — |
| 11 | أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru | (the) tales | سطر |
| 12 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | (of) the former (people) | أول |