سُوْرَةُ المُطَفِّفِيْنَ

Surah Al-Mutaffifin (83) — Ayah 13

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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿13﴾
When Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"
إِذَا idhā When
تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā are recited
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him
ءَايَـٰتُنَا āyātunā Our Verses
قَالَ qāla he says
أَسَـٰطِيرُ asāṭīru Stories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former (people)

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13. 1. That is, his involvement in sins and transgression increased so much that instead of reflecting upon Allah’s verses after hearing them, he calls them stories of the ancients.

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13. And when Our verses are recited to him, he says, "These are just tales of the ancients." [8]

[8] Eventually, his condition becomes such that when he is made to hear Allah’s verses regarding the punishment and reward of the Hereafter, he says, “Oh, leave these things aside. These are the same old tales that we have heard so many times that our ears are tired of them.”