مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَذَا فِي الْمِلَّةِ الْءَاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

Never did we hear of [a claim like] this in any faith of latter days! It is nothing but [a mortal man’s] invention

Arthur John Arberry

We have not heard of this in the last religion; this is surely an invention

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days: this is nothing but a made-up tale!"

Arabic

مَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِی ٱلۡمِلَّةِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا ٱخۡتِلَـٰقٌ ۝٧

Transliteration (2021)

mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqu