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quran:83:13 –

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

When Our signs, ˹of˺ the Qur’ān, are recited to him, he says, ‘˹Mere˺ fables (asātīr) of the ancients!’, ˹mere˺ tales that were written down (sutirat) in ancient times (asātīr is the plural of ustūra or istāra).

القرآن:٨٣:١٣ –

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

{إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا} القرآن {قال أساطير الأولين} الحكايات التي سطرت قديما جمع أسطورة بالضم أو إسطارة بالكسر.

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quran:68:15 –

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

When Our signs — the Qur’ān — are recited to him, he says, that they are ˹merely˺, ‘Fables of the ancients!’, in other words, he denies them ˹in arrogance˺ on account of the mentioned things which We have bestowed on him out of Our grace (a variant reading ˹for an of the previous verse˺ has ˹the interrogative˺ a-an).

القرآن:٦٨:١٥ –

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

{إذ تتلى عليه آياتنا} القرآن {قال} هي {أساطير الأولين} أي كذب بها لإنعامنا عليه بما ذكر، وفي قراءة أأن بهمزتين مفتوحتين.