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Quran 23:81

Surah Al-Muminoon, Verse 81

Juz 18 · Page 347 · Ruku 299 · Meccan

بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Word by word

بَلْ bal Nay قَالُوا۟ qālū they say مِثْلَ mith'la (the) like مَا mā (of) what قَالَ qāla said ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ l-awalūna the former (people)

Transliteration

Bal qaloo mithla ma qalaal-awwaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال مخبرا عن منكري البعث ، الذين أشبهوا من قبلهم من المكذبين : ( بل قالوا مثل ما قال الأولون )

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.