English translation of the verse 31 surah - And when Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to them, they

Surat Al-Anfal Verse No. 31: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 31 from Surah Al-Anfal : Number of verses 75 - - page 180 - Part 9.

﴾وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُواْ قَدۡ سَمِعۡنَا لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَقُلۡنَا مِثۡلَ هَٰذَآ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿
[ الأنفال: 31]

And when Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to them, they say: "We have heard this (the Quran); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients."

English - Sahih International

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(8:31) And when Our verses are recited to them, they say: 'We have heard. We could, if we willed, compose the like of it. They, are nothing but fables of the ancient times.'

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

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Source : Al-Anfal Verse 31: And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples."