Quran 25 : 5

And they say, "Tales (of) the former people which he has had written and they are dictated to him morning and evening."
وَقَالُوٓا۟
Waqāluwa
أَسَٰطِيرُ
Aasaāṭīru
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Alaawwalīna
ٱكْتَتَبَهَا
Iktatabahā
فَهِىَ
Fahiāa
تُمْلَىٰ
Tumlaāā
عَلَيْهِ
ʿAlayhi
بُكْرَةً
Bukrahan
وَأَصِيلًا
Waaṣīlana

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

They say: 'He has written tales of the ancients, they are recited to him at dawn and at the evening.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And they say, “Tales of the ancients, has he written, and they are dictated before him morning and evening.

Rashad Khalifa

They also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night."

Linda "iLham" Barto

They say, “He has caused tales of the ancients to be written! They are dictated to him morning and evening.”

Ahmed Hulusi

They said, “These are the fables of the past that he has had written down, to read in the morning and evenings.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they say: Stories of the ancients, which he has got written, so they are read out to him morning and evening

N J Dawood 2014

And they say: ‘Fables of the ancients he has written: they are dictated to him morning and evening.‘

Samy Mahdy

And they said, “The former’s Legends; he wrote them down; so, they were dictated to him in morning and evening.”

Talal Itani (2012)

And they say, 'Tales of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.'

Mustaqim

And they say: stories of old which he has written down, and they are recited to him in the mornings and evenings.

Ali Quli Qara'i

They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’

Edward Henry Palmer

And they say, 'Old folks' tales, which he has got written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening.

Corpus.Quran

And they say Tales (of) the former people which he has had written and they are dictated to him morning and evening

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And they said: "Fictional tales of old! He wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening.

Shakir

And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

They also say, “Legends of the ancients, which he wrote down, and they are being dictated to him morning and evening.”

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they say: fables of the ancients which he hath had written down, so they are dictated unto him, morning and evening

Ahmed Ali

And they say: "These are fables of antiquity he has invented, which are dictated to him morning and evening."

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And they said, 'these are fables of the ancients which he has written, so that they are read to him morning and evening.

Wahiduddin Khan

They say, It is just fables of the ancients, which he has had written down. They are dictated to him morning and evening

John Medows Rodwell

And they say, "Tales of the ancients that he hath put in writing! and they were dictated to him morn and even."

Munir Mezyed

They say: "Legends of the ancients, which he has written, and they are dictated to him in the early mornings and evenings."

MunirMezyed2023

They say: ‘Legends of the ancients, which he has written, and they are dictated to him in the early mornings and evenings’.

Shabbir Ahmed

And they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has written down as they are dictated to him morning and evening."

Bakhtiari Nejad

And they say: “(These are) stories of the earlier ones that he has copied it and it is dictated to him morning and afternoon.”

The Study Quran

And they say, “They are fables of those of old which he has had written down, and they are recited to him morning and evening.

Hamid S. Aziz

And they say, "Old folks´ tales, which he has written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening."

Hilali - Khan

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Musharraf Hussain

And they said, “These are the tales of the ancients he has written down, that were dictated to him morning and evening.”

The Wise Quran

And they say, 'Legends of the former people, which he has got written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening.'

Dr. Munir Munshey

They say, "Tales of people long gone! He has written them down. (These tales) are dictated to him morning and evening."

Abdul Hye

And they say: “These are the tales of the ancients which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.”

Sher Ali

And they say, `These are fables of the ancient; and he has got them written down and they are read out to him morning and evening.

T.B.Irving

They say: "He has had legends by primitive men written down; they are dictated to him in the early morning and evening!"

Abdel Haleem

and they say, ‘It is just ancient fables, which he has had written down: they are dictated to him morning and evening.’

Arthur John Arberry

They say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients that he has had written down, so that they are recited to him at the dawn and in the evening.

Mohammad Shafi

And they say, "Fables of the ancients! He has had written these down which then are rehearsed to him morning and evening."

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

Fode Drame

And they said, “Tales of the people of the past which he has requested to be written and which are dictated to him morning and evening.”

Safi Kaskas

They [also] say, "These are just legends of the ancients that he [directed to be] written down and dictated to him morning and evening."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."

Faridul Haque

And they said, “These are stories of the former people, which he has written down, so they are read to him morning and evening.”

George Sale

They also say, these are fables of the ancients, which he hath caused to be written down; and they are dictated unto him morning and evening

Irving/Hegab

They say: "He has had legends by primitive men written down; they (the revelations) are dictated to him in the early morning and evening!"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And they say: "Stories of the old times, which he has made to be written: And they are dictated before him morning and afternoon."

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And they said, .(These are) the tales of the ancients he (the messenger) has caused to be written, and they are read out to him at morn and eve

Aisha Bewley

They say, ´It is myths of previous peoples which he has had transcribed and which are read out to him in the morning and the evening.´

Amatul Rahman Omar

They (also) say, `(This Qur'an consists of) fables of the ancients that he has got written down and now they are read out to him morning and evening.

Muhammad Asad

And they say, “Fables of ancient times which he has caused to be written down, so that they might be read out to him at morn and evening!”

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And they say, “˹These revelations are only˺ ancient fables which he has had written down, and they are rehearsed to him morning and evening.”

Dr. Kamal Omar

And they (also) said: “Writings of the earlier people which he has got written down, then these are reproduced before him morning and evening.”

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And they have said, "Myths of the earliest (people) that he has had written down so that they are dictated to him before sunrise and at nightfall."

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And they said: Fables of the ancient ones that he caused to be written down! And they are to be related from memory to him at early morning dawn and eventide.

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And they said: "The first's/beginner's myths/baseless stories , he wrote it, so it is being dictated on (to) him early mornings and evening to sunset ."

Muhammad Sarwar

They have also said, "It ,(the Quran), is only ancient legends, which were written down while they were dictated to him in the mornings and the evenings"

Bijan Moeinian

The unbeliever say: “Qur’an is nothing but ancient stories/ myths given to him in writing early in the morning and at night (when nobody witnesses it).”

Mir Aneesuddin

And those who do not believe say, "This is nothing but a lie which he has forged and other people have helped him at it." Thus they have come up with injustice and falsehood.

Maududi

They say, "These things are the writings of the ancients which he has got copied down for himself, and then these are recited to him in the morning and evening.´´

Ali Ünal

They also say: "(It consists of) only fables of the ancients which he has got written. They are being read to him in early mornings and evenings (while people are at home)."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And they say: ‘(This Qur’an comprises) fables of the ancients which this man has got written; then these (fables) are recited to him morning and evening (in order to memorize and narrate further).