The Holy Quran 8:31 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Translation

When Our verses (of the Qur'aan) are recited to them (the Kuffaar), they say, "We have heard! We could say the same things if we wished to. These are no more than the fables of the old people."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ignorance and wretchedness of the kafirs of Makkah: al-Nadr ibn al-Harith used to say: “If we wished, we could produce speech like the Quran. What is in it but tales and stories?” Yet the Quran rested the settlement of all disputes on precisely this. Then why did he not wish to?

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