And among them is one who listens to you; and We have put covers upon their hearts so they may not understand it, and deafness in their ears; and (even) if they see all the signs, they will not believe in them; to the extent that when they come to you to debate with you, the disbelievers say, “This is nothing but stories of former people.”

And when Our verses are recited to them they say, “Yes, we have heard – if we wanted we could also say something like this – these are nothing but stories of former people!”

And when it is said to them, “What has your Lord sent down?”, they say, “The tales of former people.”

And there is no such dwelling but which We shall destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it severely; this is written in the Book.

“Indeed this promise was given to us and before us to our forefathers – this is nothing but stories of earlier people.”