Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 25:5 | |
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25:5 وقالوا اساطير الاولين اكتتبها فهي تملى عليه بكرة واصيلا | |
Transliteration | Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseelan |
Literal | And they said: "The first's/beginner's myths/baseless stories , he wrote it, so it is being dictated on (to) him early mornings and evening to sunset ." |
Yusuf Ali | And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening." |
Pickthal | 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. |
Arberry | They say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients that he has had written down, so that they are recited to him at the dawn and in the evening.' |
Shakir | And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening. |
Sarwar | They have also said, "It ,(the Quran), is only ancient legends, which were written down while they were dictated to him in the mornings and the evenings". |
Khalifa | They also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night." |
Hilali/Khan | And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon." |
H/K/Saheeh | And they say, Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon. |
Malik | And they say: "These are the stories of the ancients which he has copied down from what is read to him day and night."[5] |
QXP | And they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has written down as they are dictated to him morning and evening." |
Maulana Ali | And they say: Stories of the ancients, which he has got written, so they are read out to him morning and evening! |
Free Minds | And they said: "Tales of the people of old, he wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening." |
Qaribullah | They say: 'He has written tales of the ancients, they are recited to him at dawn and at the evening. ' |
George Sale | They also say, these are fables of the ancients, which he hath caused to be written down; and they are dictated unto him morning and evening. |
JM Rodwell | And they say, "Tales of the ancients that he hath put in writing! and they were dictated to him morn and even." |
Asad | And they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has caused to be written down, so that they might be read out to him at morn and evening!" [Because his contemporaries knew it that he was unlettered (ummi) and could not read and write.] |
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