وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ
(44:33) and bestowed upon them the Signs wherein lay an evident test for
them.9
them.9
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ
(44:34) Indeed these people say:
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
(44:35) “This is our first and only death, and we shall never be raised again.0
فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
(44:36) Bring back to us our fathers if you are truthful.”1
أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ
(44:37) Are these better or the people of Tubba2 and those who
went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people.3
went before them? We destroyed them for they were a criminal people.3
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
(44:38) It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the earth
and all that is between them.
and all that is between them.