سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 137
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿137﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"This is no other than the false tales and religion of the ancients, [Tafsir At-Tabarî]
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنْ
in
Not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّا
illā
but
خُلُقُ
khuluqu
(the) custom
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.
1. That is, these are the same things that people have been saying before as well, or it means that the religion and customs and traditions upon which we are established are the same as those upon which our forefathers adhered; the meaning in both cases is that we cannot abandon the ancestral religion.
