قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ
Qaloo sawaon AAalayna awaAAathta am lam takun mina alwaAAitheena
They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) admonishers!
26. Shuara · verses 136–137
سورة الشعراءإِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
In hatha illa khuluqu alawwaleena
"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
