The Holy Quran 16:24 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Translation

When they (the Mushrikeen) are asked (by people wanting to know about Islaam), "What has your Rabb revealed (to Muhammad ﷺ)?" they reply, "Tales of the ancient people." (Although the Mushrikeen of Makkah knew that the Qur'aan must be from Allaah, they made statements like this to discourage others from drawing close to Islaam.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The disbelievers’ mockery of the Noble Quran: that is, when uninformed people, in order to find out the truth, or informed people, by way of testing them, ask these deniers — or when the deniers themselves ask one another in ridicule and mockery — “Tell us, what has your Lord sent down?

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