23. Muminun · verses 82–85

قَالُوٓاْ 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!"

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afala tathakkaroona

They will say, "To Allah!" say: "Yet will ye not receive admonition?"