24ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُم قالوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا النّارُ إِلّا أَيّامًا مَعدوداتٍ ۖ وَغَرَّهُم في دينِهِم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَMuhammad Asadsimply because they claim, "The fire will most certainly not touch us for more than a limited number of days":1 and thus the false beliefs which they invented have [in time] caused them to betray their faith.2Cf. 2:80, and the corresponding note.Lit., "that which they were wont to invent has deluded them in their faith".