Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 5 (25:5)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

Quran 25:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 360 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:5
وَقَالُوٓا۟أَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَٱكْتَتَبَهَافَهِىَتُمْلَىٰعَلَيْهِبُكْرَةًوَأَصِيلًا٥
waqālū asāṭīru l-awalīna ik'tatabahā fahiya tum'lā ʿalayhi buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."(5)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they say
  2. أَسَٰطِيرُasāṭīruTales
  3. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former people
  4. ٱكْتَتَبَهَاik'tatabahāwhich he has had written
  5. فَهِىَfahiyaand they
  6. تُمْلَىٰtum'lāare dictated
  7. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
  8. بُكْرَةًbuk'ratanmorning
  9. وَأَصِيلًاwa-aṣīlanand evening

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