سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:137

The Poets · Verse 137 of 227

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`This way (of admonition) is merely the manner of the ancients.

This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

This is just a habit of antiquated people.

12 more translations

"This (what we do) is the pattern of conduct of (all our) predecessors.

This in but a custom of the ancients.

“This is nothing but the tradition of former people.”

This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients:

`This is nothing but the habit of the ancients,

This [religion of ours) is none other than that to which our forebears clung,

This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients,

This is but a fable of the men of old,

your preaching is nothing but ancient legends and we shall not face any torment".

This is naught but a custom of the ancients;

That affliction was limited to our ancestors.

This has been our life-style for generations.