وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَیْهِمْ آیَاتُنَا بَیِّنَات قَالُوا مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ یُرِیدُ أَنْ یَصُدَّکُمْ عَمَّا کَانَ یَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُکُمْ وَقَالُوا مَا هَذَا إِلاَّ إِفْکٌ مُفْتَرًى وَقَالَ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ إِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُبِینٌ(( 43 ))

43- AND WHEN OUR PERSPICUOUS SIGNS (VERSES OF QURÄN) WERE REHEARSED TO THEM, THEY SAID:- ``THIS IS NOT EXCEPT A MAN WHO WANTS TO BAR YOU, FROM WHAT YOUR FATHERS HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING.''

      AND THEY SAID:- ``THIS IS NOT EXCEPT CALUMNY WHICH IS FORGED.''

وَمَا آتَیْنَاهُمْ مِنْ کُتُب یَدْرُسُونَهَا وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَیْهِمْ قَبْلَکَ مِنْ نَذِیر(( 44 ))

44- AND WE HAVE NOT GIVEN THEM ANY BOOK TO STUDY, AND NOR HAVE WE SENT TO THEM ANY WARNER BEFORE YOU.

وَکَذَّبَ الَّذِینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا مِعْشَارَ مَا آتَیْنَاهُمْ فَکَذَّبُوا رُسُلِی فَکَیْفَ کَانَ نَکِیرِ(( 45 ))

45- AND THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE THEM BELIED TOO; AND THESE HAVE NOT REACHED ONE TENTH OF WHAT WE GAVE THEM. SO DID THEY DENY MY MESSENGERS, AN HOW WAS THE DENIAL?