لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Laqad wuAAidna hatha nahnu waabaona min qablu in hatha illa asateeru al-awwaleena
Certainly, we have been promised this, we and our forefathers before. Not (is) this except tales (of) the former (people)."
Indeed, we were promised this - we and our forefathers - in the past as well; it is nothing but fables of ancient times!"
"It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old.
We have certainly been promised this -- we and our fathers before; these are naught but stories of the ancients!
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."