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Sura 46
Aya 17
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وَالَّذي قالَ لِوالِدَيهِ أُفٍّ لَكُما أَتَعِدانِني أَن أُخرَجَ وَقَد خَلَتِ القُرونُ مِن قَبلي وَهُما يَستَغيثانِ اللَّهَ وَيلَكَ آمِن إِنَّ وَعدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقولُ ما هٰذا إِلّا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ

N. J. Dawood

But he that rebukes his parents and says to them: ‘For shame! Do you threaten me with a resurrection, when generations have passed away before me?’ — he that, when they pray for God’s help and say: ‘Woe betide you! Have faith. The promise of God is true,’ replies: ‘This is but a fable of the ancients’