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Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Verse 5of 77

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruTales
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former people
ٱكْتَتَبَهَاik'tatabahāwhich he has had written
فَهِىَfahiyaand they
تُمْلَىٰtum'lāare dictated
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
بُكْرَةًۭbuk'ratanmorning
وَأَصِيلًۭاwa-aṣīlanand evening

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

What the Disbelievers said about the Qur'anAllah tells us about the foolishness of the disbelievers' ignorant minds, when they said about the Qur'an:إِنْ هَـذَا إِلاَّ إِفْكٌ(This is nothing but a lie), meaning an untruth.افْتَرَاهُ(that he has invented,) meaning the Prophet .وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ(and others have helped him in it.) means, he asked other people to help him compile it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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