﴿ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴾

“[and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!"”

When Our signs of the Qur’ān are recited to him he says ‘Mere fables asātīr of the ancients!’ mere tales that were written down sutirat in ancient times asātīr is the plural of ustūra or istāra.