Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
that, whenever Our messages are conveyed to him, such a one says, "Fables of ancient times"
Arthur John Arberry
When Our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries
Arabic
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ١٥
Transliteration (2021)
idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīn