24. وَقَالُوا مَا هِیَ إِلاَّ حَیَاتُنَا الدُّنْیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْیَا وَمَا یُهْلِکُنَا إِلاَّ الدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذَلِکَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ یَظُنُّونَ
24- AND THEY SAID:- ``IT IS ONLY THIS WORLDLY LIFE OF US (i.e. THERE IS NO HEREAFTER) WE DIE, AND WE COME TO LIFE. (WE LEAVE AND OTHERS WILL TAKE OUR PLACE) AND NO ONE DESTROYS US, EXCEPT THE TIME. (NATURE)'' AND THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS! (OF WHAT THEY SAY) THEY MERELY CONJECTURE.
25. وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَیْهِمْ آیَاتُنَا بَیِّنَاتٍ مَا کَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ قَالُوا ائْتُوا بِآبَائِنَا إِنْ کُنتُمْ صَادِقِینَ
25- AND WHEN OUR PERSPICUOUS SIGNS ARE RECITED TO THEM, THEIR REASONING WAS NOTHING EXCEPT THEY SAID:- ``BRING BACK TO US OUR FATHERS IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE.''