إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna
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Al-Qalam · verse 15 of 52
Surah Al-Qalam, verse 15
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7 words1إِذَاidhāWhen
2تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
3عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
4ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
5قَالَqālahe says
6أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
7ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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Read the whole surahعُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
We will brand him upon the snout.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning