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Muhammad

The Qur’an Verse 31

Verse 1,191 of 6,236

Canonical reference 8.31

Arabic

Tanzil Quran Text 1.1, Uthmani

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

French

Muhammad Hamidullah · Le Saint Coran, traduction Muhammad Hamidullah

Et lorsque Nos versets leur sont récités, ils disent: «Nous avons écouté, certes! Si nous voulions, nous dirions pareil à cela, ce ne sont que des légendes d'anciens.»

English

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)

And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.

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