Surah An Naml Tafseer
Tafseer of An-Naml : 68
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We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Ibn Kathir
Tafseer 'Ibn Kathir' (EN)
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَذَا نَحْنُ وَابَاوُنَا مِن قَبْلُ
Indeed we were promised this -- we and our forefathers before,
meaning, `we and our forefathers have been hearing this for a long time, but in reality, we have never seen it happen.'
إِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ أَسَاطِيرُ الاَْوَّلِينَ
verily, these are nothing but tales of ancients.
the promises that bodies will be restored are
إِلاَّ أَسَاطِيرُ الاَْوَّلِينَ
(nothing but tales of ancients),
meaning that they were taken by the people who came before us from books which were handed down from one to the other, but they have no basis in reality.
Responding to their thoughts of disbelief and their belief that there would be no Resurrection, Allah said
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