سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 68
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿68﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"Indeed we were promised this - we and our forefathers before (us), verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
وُعِدْنَا
wuʿid'nā
we have been promised
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
we
وَءَابَآؤُنَا
waābāunā
and our forefathers
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
إِنْ
in
Not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَسَـٰطِيرُ
asāṭīru
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.
68-1. That is, there is no reality in it, they are just repeating what they have heard from each other.
