(81) Rather,[966] they say like what the former peoples said.
[966]- Instead of understanding or reasoning.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 81. Nay, but they say the like of what the men of old said.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

No indeed, (but) they said the like of what the earliest (people) said.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Nay, but they say the like of what the men of old said.
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;
— Pickthall - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.
— Sahih International - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

(23:81) Nay, but they say the like of what their predecessors of yore had
said.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

But, like others before them,
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

But they say as the earlier people had said.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

But they ˹just˺ say what their predecessors said.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

But they ˹just˺ say what their predecessors said.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
But they say the like of what the earlier peoples said.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
81. But they said what their forefathers and predecessors in disbelief said.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
But they say like the people of old times used to say.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي