إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Sentence structure
إِذَا introduces a non-jussive condition. Passive تُتْلَىٰ has ءَايَـٰتُنَا as deputy subject; قَالَ is the response, and the quoted phrase has an omitted topic before أَسَـٰطِيرُ.
Ayah summary
When Allah’s verses are recited to him, he calls them tales of earlier people.
إِذَا — When
Grammar: A future, non-jussive temporal adverb carrying conditional meaning.
تُتْلَىٰ — are recited
Grammar: A third-person feminine-singular passive imperfect; ءَايَـٰتُنَا is its deputy subject.
عَلَيْهِ — to him
Grammar: a preposition functioning as the linked complement. a pronoun functioning as the genitive complement.
ءَايَـٰتُنَا — Our Verses
Grammar: A nominative feminine-plural noun functioning as deputy subject; attached نَا is its genitive possessor.
قَالَ — he says
Grammar: A third-person masculine-singular perfect with understood هُوَ as subject; it is the non-jussive conditional response.
أَسَـٰطِيرُ — Stories
Grammar: A nominative plural noun functioning as the predicate of an omitted topic in the quoted statement.
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ — (of) the former (people)
Grammar: It is the definite article. genitive noun functioning as the genitive complement.