Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 83 (23:83)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Quran 23:83 is ayah 83 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.

23:83
لَقَدْوُعِدْنَانَحْنُوَءَابَآؤُنَاهَٰذَامِنقَبْلُإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ٨٣
laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."(83)

Word by word

  1. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
  2. وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
  3. نَحْنُnaḥnu[we]
  4. وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
  5. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  6. مِنminbefore
  7. قَبْلُqablubefore
  8. إِنْinnot
  9. هَٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  10. إِلَّآillābut
  11. أَسَٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) tales
  12. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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