سُوْرَةُ الْقَلَمِ

Surah Al-Qalam (68) — Ayah 15

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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿15﴾
When Our Verses (of the Qur’ân) are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"
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)

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.