Ash-Shu'ara' 26:137

This is nothing but morals of the ancients.

This is nothing but morals of the ancients.

This is just the way of the people before.

This is just the way people acted long ago.

This is nothing but the custom of the ancients.

This is nothing but the morals of the ancients.

This is nothing but the morals of the ancients.

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

"This is no other than the false tales and religion of the ancients, [Tafsir At-Tabarî]

This is nothing but the custom of the former people,

"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,

This is but a fable of the men of old,

this is nothing but a habit of the ancients:

This has been happening all along.

These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients,

In hatha illa khuluqu alawwaleena