We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old. — Al Muminoon 23:83 Pin
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لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

Al Muminoon 23:83

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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