لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Laqad wuAAidna nahnu waabaona hatha min qablu in hatha illa asateeru al-awwaleena
Verily, we have been promised [we] and our forefathers this before; not (is) this but (the) tales (of) the former (people)."
Indeed, this [very thing] we have been promised - we and our forefathers - long ago! This is nothing but fables of ancient times!"
"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
We are indeed promised this, and (so were) our fathers before. This is naught but stories of those of old!
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."