سورة النحل، الآية ٢٤
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٢٤
wa-idhā qīla lahum mādhā anzala rabbukum qālū asāṭīru l-awalīna
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
Verse 24 of Surah An-Nahl (16:24), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 269 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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When these people who deny the oneness of the Creator and who reject the resurrection are asked: What did Allah reveal to Muhammad (peace be upon him)? They say: He did not reveal anything to him. It is only that he himself has brought stories and fables of the earlier ones.
When it is said to them, “What has your Lord sent down?” They say, “Ancient fables!”
And when it is said to them: "What is it that your Lord has sent down (unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم)?" They say: "Tales of the men of old!"
And when it is said unto them: What hath your Lord revealed? they say: (Mere) fables of the men of old,
When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "Tales of the ancients!"
And when it is said to them, what is it that your Lord has revealed? They say: Stories of the ancients;
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Myths of the earliest (people)."
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ …
Indeed, he thought and deliberated. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا۟ خَيْرًا لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -
