إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ
however, if one snatches a little bit, he is pursued by a bright flame.
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ
Now ask them, “Are they stronger in the formation of their bodies, or those (other beings) that We have created?” Certainly, We did create them from sticky clay.
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ
But you wonder (at their denial), and they mock (at the idea of an Hereafter).
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ
And when any advice is given to them, they pay no heed to it.
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ
And when they see a sign, they make fun of it,
وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ
and say, “This is nothing but an open magic.
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ
Is it when we have died and become dust and bones, that we shall be raised again,
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ
and even our fathers of aforetime?”