Quran confirms legends / Fables (stories) (10 Verses)
Quran 6:25 - ..."This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Quran 8:31 - This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Quran 16:24 - They say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
Quran 23:83 - ...this is not but legends of the former peoples."
Quran 25:5 - And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down,
Quran 26:137 - This is but a fable of the men of old.
Quran 27:68 - This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Quran 46:17 - But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people"
Quran 68:15 - When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
Quran 83:13 - When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

 

Other words used instead of "fables" and "legends":

"tales of the ancients" - Yusuf Ali, "stories of the ancients" - Shakir, "fairy-tales of the ancient ones.' - Arberry

 

FABLE noun [ C or U ]
* A short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type:
SOURCE: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fable

 

LEGEND noun (STORY)
* very old story or set of stories from ancient times, ...not always true,...about a famous event or person:
SOURCE: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/legend

 

Quran 9:61 - And among them are those who abuse the Prophet and say, "He is an EAR."

 

The Al Tafsirs - Quran 9:61-9:62 (Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi)
(And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say: He is only a HEARER…) [9:61-62]. This was revealed about a
group of hypocrites who used to harm the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, by saying about
him things that should not be said. One of them said: “Do not do this, for we fear that what we say might reach him
and he will punish us”. Al-Julas ibn Suwayd said: “We will say whatever we wish to say and when we go to him he
will believe whatever we tell him, for Muhammad is nothing but a HEARER”, and so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this
verse. Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar and others said: “This verse was revealed about one hypocrite whose name is Nabtal
ibn al-Harith. This man was dark-skinned, red-eyed, burned in the cheeks and deformed. It is this man about whom the
Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Whoever wants to look at the devil, let him look at Nabtal ibn al-Harith’.
This man was a tale-bearer; he related the words of the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, to the hypocrites.
And when he was told to stop doing this, he said: ‘Indeed, Muhammad is but a HEARER, he believes everything that
people tell him. We say whatever we like and then we go to him and swear that we never said it and he believes us’.
SOURCE: https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=1&tTafsirNo=86&tSoraNo=9&tAyahNo=62&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2

 

A number of legends, parables or pieces of folklore appear in the Quran, often with similar motifs to Jewish and
Christian traditions which may pre-date those in the Quran.[1] One folklorist, Alan Dundes, has noted three
"folktales" in the Quran that fit the pattern of those included in the Aarne–Thompson classification systems of
folklore narratives.[2] Peter G. Bietenholz has also noted legends in the Quran that share themes found in Jewish
and Christian legends. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legends_in_the_Quran
SOURCE: [1] Historia and Fabula: Myths and Legends in Historical Thought from Antiquity By Peter G. Bietenholz.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZFjXaCAWoOUC&pg=PA123#v=onepage&q&f=false
SOURCE: [2] Fables of the Ancients: Folklore in the Quran by Alan Dundes.