Surah Al-Mu'minun — Verse 81

The Believers · 23:81 · 81/118

بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Bal qaloo mithla ma qalaal-awwaloon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

But, like others before them,

Marmaduke Pickthall

Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

But they say as the earlier people had said.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Nay, but they say the like of what the men of old said.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Nay, but they say the like of what their predecessors of yore had said.