إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ
Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ
Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ
Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ
And heed not when they are reminded,
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ
And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.
وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ
And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
And our forefathers?