83. Mutafifin · verses 12–14

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Wama yukaththibu bihi illa kullu muAAtadin atheemin

And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the ancients!"

كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ

Kalla bal rana AAala quloobihim ma kanoo yaksiboona

By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they do!