And they say, “Tales of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
Al-Furqan 25:5
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وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
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And they say, “Tales of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
And they say, "These are just old stories he wrote down. They're read to him morning and evening."
And they say, "These are just old stories he wrote down, dictated to him morning and evening."
They say, “Legends of the ancients that he had written down, dictated to him morning and evening.”
And they say, “Legends of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
And they say, “Legends of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down: and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
And they say, “Ancient fables which he has written down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."
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.
They say, "It is just fables of the ancients, which he has had written down. They are dictated to him morning and evening."
They say, "These things are the writings of the ancients which he has got copied down for himself, and then these are recited to him in the morning and evening.''
They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’
Waqaloo asateeru alawwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseelan