No,they have said the same as what the people of old had said

But, like others before them

But they say just like what their forefathers said.

Aye! they say the like of that which said the ancients

And talk as did the people of old

But they said what those before them said.

Nay, but they said what the former used to say.

However, they say the same as previous peoples said.

(Instead of using their reason), they only speak as the former (disbelieving) peoples spoke

Rather they say just like what the ancients said

But (rather than trying to understand) they repeated what the former people had said

Nay, but they said the like of what the ancients said

No, but they say the same as what the earlier ones said.

Their response (to the Lord’s invitation) is the same as their forefathers’ saying

Instead, they say things similar to what the people in the past said

Nay they say (the) like (of) what said the former (people)

Nay, they uttered the like of what said the earlier (misled) people

Nay! They said the like of what the ancient ones said.

But these people (too) utter similar words that the former (disbelievers) used to utter

But in fact, their remarks are identical to those of their forerunners _ (the unbelievers of earlier times)

Nay, but they said like that which those of yore did say

On the contrary, they said the same as what the former people used to say

Rather they said the like of that which was said by people before them.

But the unbelieving Meccans say as their predecessors said

Nay, but they say the like of that which those of yore did say

No, but they said what the ancients said before them

Nay, but they say the like of what the men of old said

Instead they say the same thing as the first men said;

But they say, as said those of old:

In contradiction, they say things similar to what the people of old said.

Nay, but they say the like of what their predecessors of yore had said

Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said

And He it is Who gives life and causes death and the alternation of the night and the day is due to Him. Will you not then understand?

But they say the like of what the earlier peoples said

But they said similar/equal (to) what the first/beginners said

But nay, they speak as the people of olden times did speak

No indeed, (but) they said the like of what the earliest (people) said

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

They say exactly the same thing as the people who lived before

But they say as the earlier people had said

Nay, but they say things similar to what the ancients said.

Nay, but they say things similar to what the ancients said.

On the contrary, the Makkans say the same as their ancestors.

But they ˹just˺ say what their predecessors said.

But they say things similar to what the earliest communities said.

Indeed they say what the ancients said before them

They said what their ancestors said.

However, they are content to say what their ancestors said.

Nay, but they said like, of what the formers said.

Nay, they say what the people of the olden times used to say

Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said

But they say things similar to what the former people said

To the opposite (effect), they say things similar to what the olden (people) said

Instead they say the same thing as the first men said;

They merely repeat what was said by those before them.

But they say the like of what the ancients said

Nay, but they say the like of that which was said by those of old

Nay, they say like what the former people said.

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said

But they say the same as the ancients said

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