An-Nahl 16:24

<h2>The Destruction of the Disbelievers and Intensification of their Punishment for rejecting the Revelation</h2><p>Allah informs us that when it is said to those liars, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُواْ</div><p>("What is it that your Lord has revealed" They say,) not wanting to answer, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ</div><p>("Tales of the men of old!") meaning nothing is revealed to him, what he is reciting to us is just tales of the men of old, taken from the previous Books. As Allah says, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَقَالُواْ أَسَـطِيرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً </div><p>(And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.") (25:5) i.e., they tell lies against the Messenger and say things contradicting one another, but all of it is false, as Allah says, </p><div class="arabic uthmani">انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلاً </div><p>(Look at the parables they make of you, so they have gone astray, and they are not able to find the right way.)(17:48) Once they have gone beyond the bounds of the truth, whatever they say will be in error. They used to say that he (the Prophet ) was a sorcerer, a poet, …

And when it is said unto them: What hath your Lord revealed? they say: (Mere) fables of the men of old,

When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" they say, "Tales of the ancients!"

And when it is said to them: "What is it that your Lord has sent down (unto Muhammad SAW)?" They say: "Tales of the men of old!"

And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord sent down?” They say, “Legends of the ancients.”