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قَدِيم ancient in Arabic

قَدِيم is how you say “ancient” in Arabic.

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وَقَوْلُهُمْ مَنْ جَهِلَ شَيْئًا عَادَاهُ، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا بِهِ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

And their saying: 'Whoever is ignorant of something, opposes it' is mentioned in His saying: 'But they denied that which they did not encompass in knowledge, and when they have not been guided by it, they will say: This is an ancient falsehood.'

قَدِيمٌ ancient

This is 'ancient, old', an adjective describing the falsehood. It follows its noun and agrees with it in being indefinite and in case, the way Arabic adjectives trail and match the noun they qualify. It completes 'an ancient falsehood'.

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