سُوْرَةُ الْفُرْقَانِ

Surah Al-Furqaan (25) — Ayah 5

The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 360

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ﴿5﴾
And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down: and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
وَقَالُوٓا۟ waqālū And they say
أَسَـٰطِيرُ asāṭīru Tales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former people
ٱكْتَتَبَهَا ik'tatabahā which he has had written
فَهِىَ fahiya and they
تُمْلَىٰ tum'lā are dictated
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him
بُكْرَةًۭ buk'ratan morning
وَأَصِيلًۭا wa-aṣīlan and evening

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