Question

What does fables of the prophets mean?

Answer 1

By 'Fables of prophets' Khushwant Singh means the stories that the grandmother used to narrate to him or his cousins in her childhood. The author believed the personal anecdotes that the grandmother would tell him or his cousins appeared to be similar to the the other stories she would tell them in their childhood.

Answer 2

Answer:

meaning of fables: short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters;

meaning of prophets: someone who foretells future events, and also conveys messages from the divine to humans.

Explanation:

“Fable” actually means short stories or allegory .

“Prophet”is a person who have some special powers who tells people what almighty 'God' wants to convey to all people in this world( proclaimer of the will of God).

So,the sentence can mean stories relating to prophets.