سورة المطفّفِین
Surah AL-Mutaffifîn 83:13
The Defaulters in Duty · Verse 13 of 36
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Who) when Our Messages are recited to him says, `(These are) mere fables of the ancients.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!î
Ahmed Ali
When Our revelations are recited before him, he says: "These are fables of long ago."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Who, when Our Revelations are conveyed to him, says: "Fables of the ancients!"
Daryabadi
And when Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, she saith:´fables of the ancients!
Faridul Haque
When you recite Our verses to him, he says, “Stories of earlier men!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When Our messages are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Who, when Our Signs are recited unto him, say, `Tales of the ancient !'
Muhammad Asad
[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
When Our Verses (of the Qur'an) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"
Muhammad Pickthall
Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
Muhammad Sarwar
who, when listening to Our revelations, say, "These are only ancient legends".
Muhammed ali Shakir
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
Rashad Khalifa
When our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"
Shabbir Ahmed
When Our messages are conveyed to him, he says, "These are stories of the bygones."
Commentary 83:10-17 People who deny messengers coming forward with Divine Truth will face harmful conseuences. The basic reason for this disbelief is the denial of the…
On 83:10–17
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿١٠﴾ الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ﴿١١﴾ وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
83:10-17 People who deny messengers coming forward with Divine Truth will face harmful conseuences. The basic reason for this disbelief is the denial of the Judgment Day. Arrogance, pride and stubborness in the conduct of the ordinary affairs of life are the major hindrances in the path of belief. It is a sublime characteristic of the Holy Qur’ân, that cites again and again the causes of every effect in the most opportune manner and thus leads to the conclusion of how the result of one action becomes the cause of another. In the verses 12-17 is embedded prophecies of future great wars among the rejecters of Truth.