Al-Furqan 25:5
The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 360
Legends of the Ancients
وَقَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُكۡرَةࣰ وَأَصِيلࣰا ٥
And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They said: “Legends of the former peoples which he has had written down, dictated to him morning and evening.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this was the furthest extreme of injustice, lying and fraud.
Reflect
Read the Qur’an not as old words but as a living message.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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