Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 81 (23:81)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Quran 23:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 347 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:81
بَلْقَالُوا۟مِثْلَمَاقَالَٱلْأَوَّلُونَ٨١
bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.(81)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
  3. مِثْلَmith'la(the) like
  4. مَاmā(of) what
  5. قَالَqālasaid
  6. ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnathe former (people)

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