Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"
Arthur John Arberry
When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"
Arabic
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Arabic
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ