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اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۗ  ( القلم: ١٥ )

idhā
إِذَا
When
tut'lā
تُتْلَىٰ
are recited
ʿalayhi
عَلَيْهِ
to him
āyātunā
ءَايَٰتُنَا
Our Verses
qāla
قَالَ
he says
asāṭīru
أَسَٰطِيرُ
"Stories
l-awalīna
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
(of) the former (people)"

Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen (al-Q̈alam 68:15)

Sahih International:

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples." (Al-Qalam [68] : 15)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “(These are) the tales of the ancient.”