Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Ayah 13 (83:13)

ٱلْمُطَفِّفِين

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Quran 83:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (“The Defrauding”), a Meccan surah of 36 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 588 of the Madani Mushaf.

83:13
إِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِءَايَٰتُنَاقَالَأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٣
idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīna

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."(13)

Word by word

  1. إِذَاidhāWhen
  2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
  3. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
  5. قَالَqālahe says
  6. أَسَٰطِيرُasāṭīruStories
  7. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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