سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 83
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿83﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Verily, this we have been promised - we and our fathers before (us)! This is only the tales of the ancients!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
وُعِدْنَا
wuʿid'nā
we have been promised
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
[we]
وَءَابَآؤُنَا
waābāunā
and our forefathers
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
إِنْ
in
not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّآ
illā
but
أَسَـٰطِيرُ
asāṭīru
(the) tales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
l-awalīna
(of) the former (people)
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
83-1 These are all written tales, stories. That is, the promise of resurrection has been made since long ago, from our forefathers, but it has not yet come to pass, which clearly means that these are stories that the people of old wrote in their books, which have been transmitted from one to another, and have no reality.
