Surah An-Naml 27:68

The Ant · Verse 68 of 93 · Juz 20 · Page 383

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

Already we and our fathers have been promised this before. But these are just the legendary fables of the ancients’ asātīr is the plural of ustūra meaning ‘what has been written down mā sutira of lies’.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 27:68, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.