Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 25:5
al-Furqan - The Criterion, The Standard
Verse: 25 : 5

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al-Furqan (The Criterion, The Standard) 25:5

25:5 وقالوا اساطير الاولين اكتتبها فهي تملى عليه بكرة واصيلا


TransliterationWaqaloo asateeru al-awwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseelan
LiteralAnd 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 ."

Yusuf AliAnd they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."
PickthalAnd they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.
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.'
ShakirAnd they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.
SarwarThey 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".
KhalifaThey also said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night."
Hilali/KhanAnd they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
H/K/SaheehAnd they say, Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.
MalikAnd they say: "These are the stories of the ancients which he has copied down from what is read to him day and night."[5]
QXPAnd they say, "Fables of ancient times which he has written down as they are dictated to him morning and evening."
Maulana AliAnd they say: Stories of the ancients, which he has got written, so they are read out to him morning and evening!
Free MindsAnd they said: "Tales of the people of old, he wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening."
Qaribullah They say: 'He has written tales of the ancients, they are recited to him at dawn and at the evening. '

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

AsadAnd 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!" [Because his contemporaries knew it that he was unlettered (ummi) and could not read and write.]


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