"When Our verses are recited to him, he says, 'Legends of the ancients,'" meaning: the lies of the ancients and their falsehoods.
﴿إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الأَوَّلِينَ﴾ كَذِبِ الأَوَّلِينَ وَبَاطِلِهِمْ