Surah An-Naml 27:68 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 68 / 93 · Page 383
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَذَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Word by Word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
وُعِدْنَا
wu'id'na
we have been promised
هَذَا
hadha
this
نَحْنُ
nahnu
we
وَآبَاؤُنَا
waabauna
and our forefathers
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
إِنْ
in
Not
هَذَا
hadha
(is) this
إِلَّا
illa
except
أَسَاطِيرُ
asatiru
tales
الْأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
Transliteration
Laqad wu'idnaa haazaa nahnu wa aabaaa'unaa 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 and our fathers were promised before that we will all be raised, but we have not seen that promise come true. This promise we were all made is nothing but lies of the former people who recorded them in their books”.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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