(83) We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
83. "Verily, this we have been promised - we and our fathers before (us)! This is only the tales of the ancients!"— الترجمة الإنجليزية
— Dr. Ghali - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَIndeed we and our fathers have already been promised this earlier; decidedly this is nothing except myths of the earliest (people)."
— Muhsin Khan - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ"Verily, this we have been promised, we and our fathers before (us)! This is only the tales of the ancients!"
— Pickthall - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَWe were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
— Yusuf Ali - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
— Sahih International - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَWe have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(23:83) We were promised such things and so were our forefathers before us.
All these are no more than tales of the past."7
— Abdul Haleem - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَWe have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَThis is what has been promised to us and to our fathers before. It is nothing but the tales of the ancients.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَWe have already been promised this, as well as our forefathers earlier. This is nothing but ancient fables!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translationلَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَWe have already been promised this, as well as our forefathers earlier. This is nothing but ancient fables!”
This is what we and our forefathers were promised before; this is nothing but ancient fables.”— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
83. We were promised this, i.e. resurrection after death, and so were our predecessors promised this before, but we did not see this promise fulfilled. These are only the false tales and lies of the previous people”.— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
This we have been promised before, we and our forefathers! This is nothing but fables of the ancients’.— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي