وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "உங்களுடைய இறைவன் எதை இறக்கி வைத்தான்?" என்று (குர்ஆனை குறிப்பிட்டு) அவர்களிடம் கேட்கப்பட்டால், "முன்னோர்களின் கட்டுக்கதைகள்" என்று அவர்கள் (பதில்) கூறுகிறார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹලාගේ පරමාධිපති පහළ කළේ කුමක් දැ? යි ඔවුන් විමසනු ලැබූ විට මුතුන්මිත්තන්ගේ ප්රබන්ධයන් යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ان سے جب دریافت کیا جاتا ہے کہ تمہارے پروردگار نے کیا نازل فرمایا ہے؟ تو جواب دیتے ہیں کہ اگلوں کی کہانیاں ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらに向かって，「あなたがたの主が（ムハンマドに）下されたのは何か。」と問われる時，かれらは，「昔の物語です。」と言う。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 有人问他们：你们的主曾降示什么？他们说：古人的神话。
Tafsir of 16:24
The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ ("What is it that your Lord has revealed" They say,) not wanting to answer, أَسَطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ("Tales of the men of old!") meaning nothing is revealed to him, what he is reciting to us is just tales of the men of old, taken from the previous Books. As Allah says, وَقَالُواْ أَسَطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً (And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.") (25:5) i.e., they tell lies against the Messenger and say things contradicting one another, but all of it is false, as Allah says, انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً (Look at the parables they make of you, so they have gone astray, and they are not able to find the right way.)(17:48) Once they have gone beyond the bounds of the truth, whatever they say will be in error.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
