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We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old. — An Naml 27:68 Pin
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لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old.

An Naml 27:68

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“We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old.”

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

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