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Muhammad Asad
and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?"-are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"
Arthur John Arberry
And when it is said to them, 'What has your Lord sent down?' they say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "Tales of the ancients!"
Arabic
وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُم مَّاذَاۤ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡ قَالُوۤا۟ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ٢٤
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idhā qīla lahum mādhā anzala rabbukum qālū asāṭīru l-awalīn