بَلْ قَالُوْا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ ( المؤمنون: ٨١ )
bal
بَلْ
Nay
qālū
قَالُوا۟
they say
mith'la
مِثْلَ
(the) like
mā
مَا
(of) what
qāla
قَالَ
said
l-awalūna
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
the former (people)
Bal qaaloo misla maa qaalal awwaloon (al-Muʾminūn 23:81)
Sahih International:
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. (Al-Mu'minun [23] : 81)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
But they say as the earlier people had said.