Quran 25:5 Translations ⓘ

Al-Furqan (The Criterion) 25:5

وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

Transliteration

Waqaloo asateeru alawwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseelan

Ahmad Ali

And they say: "These are fables of antiquity he has invented, which are dictated to him morning and evening."

Ali Qarai

They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’

Amhad Khan

And they said, “These are stories of the former people, which he has written down, so they are read to him morning and evening.”

Arberry

They say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients that he has had written down, so that they are recited to him at the dawn and in the evening.'

Corpus Quran

And they say, "Tales (of) the former people which he has had written and they are dictated to him morning and evening."

Daryabadi

And they say: fables of the ancients which he hath had written down, so they are dictated unto him, morning and evening.

Hilali & Khan

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Maududi

They say, "These things are the writings of the ancients which he has got copied down for himself, and then these are recited to him in the morning and evening.''

Muhammad Sarwar

They have also said, "It, (the Quran), is only ancient legends, which were written down while they were dictated to him in the mornings and the evenings".

Muhammad Shakir

And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.

Pickthall

And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.

Qaribullah

They say: 'He has written tales of the ancients, they are recited to him at dawn and at the evening'

Sahih Intl

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Talal Itani

And they say, “Tales of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

Wahihuddin Khan

They say, "It is just fables of the ancients, which he has had written down. They are dictated to him morning and evening."

Yusuf Ali

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."