وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ٨٠
It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) the alternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?
23:81
بَلْ قَالُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْأَوَّلُونَ ٨١
On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
23:82
قَالُوا أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ ٨٢
They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?
23:83
لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ٨٣
"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
23:84
قُلْ لِمَنِ الْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٨٤
Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"