إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
Inna haolai layaqooloona
As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
44. Duhan · verses 34–38
سورة الدخانإِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
In hiya illa mawtatuna aloola wama nahnu bimunshareena
"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
Fatoo biabaina in kuntum sadiqeena
"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ
Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaAAin waallatheena min qablihim ahlaknahum innahum kanoo mujrimeena
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
Wama khalaqna alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
