23:81
بَلْ قَالُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْأَوَّلُونَ
Transliteration:
Bal qaloo mithla ma qala al-awwaloona
Word by Word:
Nay, they say (the) like (of) what said the former (people).
Translations:
But nay, they speak as the people of olden times did speak:
On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;
Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said.
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.