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Al-Mu'minun · 23:81

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بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said

Surah Al-Mu'minun (The Believers) · 23:81
Translation: Sahih International. Qur'an text: Uthmani script (The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, quranenc.com), distributed via quran-json.
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  1. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ

    23:78And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful

  2. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ

    23:79And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered

  3. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخۡتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ

    23:80And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason

  4. بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ

    23:81Rather, they say like what the former peoples said

  5. قَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ

    23:82They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected

  6. لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

    23:83We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples

  7. قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

    23:84Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know

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