The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَإِذَا
تُتْلَى
عَلَيْهِمْ
آيَاتُنَا
قَالُوا
قَدْ
سَمِعْنَا
لَوْ
نَشَاءُ
لَقُلْنَا
مِثْلَ
هَذَا
إِنْ
هَذَا
إِلَّا
أَسَاطِيرُ
الْأَوَّلِينَ
wa-ʾidhā tutlā ʿalayhim ʾāyātunā qālū qad samiʿnā law nashāʾu la-qulnā mithla hādhā ʾin hādhā ʾillā ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna
When Our signs are recited to them, they say, ‘We have heard already. If we want, we [too] can say like this. These are nothing but myths of the ancients.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
