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Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 5

سورة الفرقان، الآية ٥

25:5 Juz 18 Hizb 36 Page 360 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 25:5

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ۝٥

Transliteration

waqālū asāṭīru l-awalīna ik'tatabahā fahiya tum'lā ʿalayhi buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan

Translation

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

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Verse 5 of Surah Al-Furqan (25:5), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 360 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 5

Al-Mukhtasar

And these rejecters of the Qur’ān said, “The Qur’ān is vain tales of the previous people which they used to record; Muhammad has copied them. They are recited to him throughout the day”.

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Other translations of verse 5

And they say, “Ancient fables which he has written down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down: and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."

And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.

And they have said, "Myths of the earliest (people) that he has had written down so that they are dictated to him before sunrise and at nightfall."

Verse 5 word by word

  1. وَقَالُوٓا۟ waqālū And they say ق و ل
  2. أَسَٰطِيرُ asāṭīru Tales س ط ر
  3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ l-awalīna (of) the former people أ و ل
  4. ٱكْتَتَبَهَا ik'tatabahā which he has had written ك ت ب
  5. فَهِىَ fahiya and they
  6. تُمْلَىٰ tum'lā are dictated م ل و
  7. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi to him
  8. بُكْرَةً buk'ratan morning ب ك ر
  9. وَأَصِيلًا wa-aṣīlan and evening أ ص ل

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  • Al-Isra 17:48

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

    Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

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