Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), ayah 31

  1. وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا قَالُوا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ۙ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

    Translation by words

    وَإِذَا
    And when
    تُتْلَىٰ
    are recited
    عَلَيْهِمْ
    to them
    ءَايَٰتُنَا
    Our Verses
    قَالُوا۟
    they say,
    قَدْ
    "Verily
    سَمِعْنَا
    we have heard.
    لَوْ
    if
    نَشَآءُ
    we wish
    لَقُلْنَا
    surely, we could say
    مِثْلَ
    like
    هَٰذَآ
    this.
    إِنْ
    Not
    هَٰذَآ
    is this
    إِلَّآ
    but
    أَسَٰطِيرُ
    tales
    ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
    (of) the former (people)."

    And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say (something) like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

    8:31

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 8 Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)