They said: By Allah! now has Allah certainly chosen you over us, and we were certainly sinners.

He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their footsteps.

They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of clear arguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you are going to decide; you can only decide about this world's life.

He said: They are here on my track and I hastened on to Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be pleased.

He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a handful (of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I threw it in the casting; thus did my soul commend to me

Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.

And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we found our fathers on a course, and surely we are followers of their footsteps.

Say: Have you considered what you call upon besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a book before this or traces of knowledge, if you are truthful.

~Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);