Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:83 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 83 / 118 · Page 347
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Word by Word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
وُعِدْنَا
wu'id'na
we have been promised
نَحْنُ
nahnu
[we]
وَآبَاؤُنَا
waabauna
and our forefathers
هَذَا
hadha
this
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
إِنْ
in
not
هَذَا
hadha
(is) this
إِلَّا
illa
but
أَسَاطِيرُ
asatiru
(the) tales
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
Transliteration
Laqad wu'idnaa nahnu wa aabaaa'unaa haazaa min qablu in haazaaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen
Translation
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
We were promised this, i.e. resurrection after death, and so were our predecessors promised this before, but we did not see this promise fulfilled. These are only the false tales and lies of the previous people”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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