بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
Bal qaloo mithla ma qala alawwaloona
On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
23. Muminun · verses 81–84
سورة المؤمنونقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
Qaloo aitha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman ainna lamabAAoothoona
They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?
لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
Laqad wuAAidna nahnu waabaona hatha min qablu in hatha illa asateeru alawwaleena
"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Qul limani alardu waman feeha in kuntum taAAlamoona
Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"
