Quran 25:5 — Al-Furqaan, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they say, ‘It is just ancient fables, which he has had written down: they are dictated to him morning and evening.’
وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
waqālū asāṭīru l-awalīna ik'tatabahā fahiya tum'lā ʿalayhi buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients that he has had written down, so that they are recited to him at the dawn and in the evening.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And they say, “Fables of ancient times which he has caused to be written down, so that they might be read out to him at morn and evening!”
- Sahih International
- And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru | Tales | سطر |
| 3 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | (of) the former people | أول |
| 4 | ٱكْتَتَبَهَاik'tatabahā | which he has had written | كتب |
| 5 | فَهِىَfahiya | and they | — |
| 6 | تُمْلَىٰtum'lā | are dictated | ملو |
| 7 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | to him | — |
| 8 | بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratan | morning | بكر |
| 9 | وَأَصِيلًۭاwa-aṣīlan | and evening | أصل |