23. Muminun · verses 47–49

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

Faqaloo anuminu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana AAabidoona

They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are subject to us!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ

Fakaththaboohuma fakanoo mina almuhlakeena

So they accused them of falsehood, and they became of those who were destroyed.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba laAAallahum yahtadoona

And We gave Moses the Book, in order that they might receive guidance.