26:137
إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Transliteration:
In hatha illa khuluqu al-awwaleena
Word by Word:
Not (is) this but (the) custom (of) the former (people),
Translations:
This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung,
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
This is but a fable of the men of old,
This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients:
This is not but the custom of the former peoples,