إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நம் வசனங்கள் அவனிடம் ஓதப்பட்டால், "இவை முன்னோர்களின் கட்டுக்கதைகள்" என்று அவன் கூறுகின்றான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔහු වෙත අපගේ වදන් පරායනය කරනු ලැබූ විට “මෙය පැරැන්නන්ගේ ප්රබන්ධ වේ" යැයි කියයි.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- جب اس کے سامنے ہماری آیتیں پڑھی جاتی ہیں تو کہہ دیتا ہے کہ یہ تو اگلوں کے قصے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれにわが印が読唱されると，「それは昔の物語です。」と言う。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 有人对他宣读我的迹象时，他就说：这是古人的故事。
Tafsir of 68:15
Prohibition of giving in to the Pressure of the Disbelievers and Their Suggestions, and that They like to meet in the Middle of the Path Allah says, `just as We have favored you and given you the upright legislation and great (standard of) character,' فَلاَ تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ - وَدُّواْ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ (So, do not obey the deniers. They wish that you should compromise with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.) Ibn `Abbas said, "That you would permit them (their idolatry) and they also would permit you (to practice your religion)." Mujahid said, وَدُّواْ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ (They wish that you should compromise with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.) "This means that you should be quiet about their gods and abandon the truth that you are upon." Then Allah says, وَلاَ تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلاَّفٍ مَّهِينٍ (And do not obey every Hallaf (one who swears much) Mahin (liar or worthless person).) This is because the liar, due to his weakness and his disgracefulness, only seeks protection in his false oaths which he boldly swears to while using Allah's Names, and he uses them (false oaths) all the time and out of place (i.e., unnecessarily).…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
