The Spoils of War — Verse 31

8:31 · al-Anfal

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذَا wa-idhā
And when Noun
تُتْلَىٰ tut'lā
are recited V
عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim
to them Prep
ءَايَٰتُنَا āyātunā
Our Verses Noun
قَالُوا۟ qālū
they say V
قَدْ qad
Verily Prep
سَمِعْنَا samiʿ'nā
we have heard V
لَوْ law
if Prep
نَشَآءُ nashāu
we wish V
لَقُلْنَا laqul'nā
surely, we could say V
مِثْلَ mith'la
like Noun
هَٰذَآ hādhā
this Noun
إِنْ in
Not Prep
هَٰذَآ hādhā
is this Noun
إِلَّآ illā
but Prep
أَسَٰطِيرُ asāṭīru
tales Noun
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna
(of) the former (people) Noun

Whenever Our Revelation is recited to them they say, ‘We have heard all this before- we could say something like this if we wanted- this is nothing but ancient fables.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِمۡ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدۡ سَمِعۡنَا لَوۡ نَشَاۤءُ لَقُلۡنَا مِثۡلَ هَـٰذَاۤ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّاۤ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٣١

wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā qālū qad samiʿ'nā law nashāu laqul'nā mith'la hādhā in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīn

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