(We were already promised this) which you are promising us, O Muhammad, (we and our forefathers) before us, were also promised the same. (Lo! This) that which you are saying to us, O Muhammad, (is naught but fables) the mere talk and lies (of the men of old.
- 23:8383
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
We and our fathers were promised this before; it is nothing but ancient lore!"
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 139