ash-Shu`ara` 26:137

AYAH ash-Shu`ara` 26:137	26:138 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 26:136
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِين
Transliteration		In hatha illa khuluqu al-awwaleena
Transliteration-2		in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Not (is) this but (the) custom (of) the former (people),

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		This [religion of ours] is none other than that to which our forebears clung
M. M. Pickthall		This is but a fable of the men of old
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients
Shakir		This is naught but a custom of the ancients
Wahiduddin Khan		this is nothing but a habit of the ancients
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Truly, this is nothing but morals of the ancient ones
T.B.Irving		This is only a fabrication [made up] by primitive men;
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		This is simply the tradition of our predecessors.
Safi Kaskas		this is only what our forefathers used to do.
Abdul Hye		This is nothing but the customs of the ancients.
The Study Quran		This is naught but the ethos of those of old
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		"This is nothing but an invention by the people of old."
Abdel Haleem		for we only do what our forefathers used to do
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		This in but a custom of the ancients
Ahmed Ali		This is just a habit of antiquated people
Aisha Bewley		This is only what the previous peoples did.
Ali Ünal		"This (what we do) is the pattern of conduct of (all our) predecessors
Ali Quli Qara'i		These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients
Hamid S. Aziz		"This is nothing but the fable of men of old
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		Decidedly this is nothing except the character of the earliest (people)
Muhammad Sarwar		your preaching is nothing but ancient legends and we shall not face any torment"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		This is nothing but the practice of the ancient
Shabbir Ahmed		This has been our life-style for generations
Syed Vickar Ahamed		"This is nothing different from the customary actions of the ancient (people)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		This is not but the custom of the former peoples
Farook Malik		Such preaching is nothing but an ancient myth
Dr. Munir Munshey		"These are merely the fantasies of the earlier folks!"
Dr. Kamal Omar		This (counselling which you have uttered before us is) nothing but the practices of the initial people
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		This is nothing but morals of the ancients
Maududi		This has been happening all along
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		this is only character of the earlier ones
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		“This is no other than a custom of those who came before
Musharraf Hussain		these are the customs of the past generations.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		"This is nothing except an invention by the people of old.
Mohammad Shafi		"This is nothing but practice/custom of the earlier peoples."

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		“The punishment that you are talking about was meant only to our ancestors.” (This attitude is manifested today by the Jews and the Christian who believe that God has promised not to be angry after the Noah’s flood as mentioned in Genesis 9:11.
Faridul Haque		“This is nothing but the tradition of former people.&rdquo
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		That is nothing but a habit of the ancients
Maulana Muhammad Ali		This is naught but a fabrication of the ancients
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		That truly that (is) except the first's/beginner's nature/character
Sher Ali		`This is nothing but the habit of the ancients
Rashad Khalifa		"That affliction was limited to our ancestors.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		This is not but the same habits of the ancients.
Amatul Rahman Omar		`This way (of admonition) is merely the manner of the ancients
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		It is nothing (else) but the habits (and customs) of the ancients (which we cannot abandon)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		"This is no other than the false-tales and religion of the ancients, (Tafsir At-Tabaree, Vol.19, Page 97

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		this is nothing but the habit of the ancients
Edward Henry Palmer		this is nothing but old folks' fictions, for we shall not be tormented!
George Sale		This which thou preachest is only a device of the ancients
John Medows Rodwell		This is but a tale of the ancients
N J Dawood (2014)		This is but a myth of the ancients

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		“This is nothing but a custom of the former peoples.
Sayyid Qutb		This is none but the practice of the ancients.
Ahmed Hulusi		“These are only the fables of the past!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		This (preaching) is naught but a custom of the ancients
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		"This is nothing", they said, "other than the customary manner of thinking of those of old used often enough that it bred the same habit in you"
Mir Aneesuddin		This is nothing but a customary (warning) of the ancient,

AYAH ash-Shu`ara` 26:137

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