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Aya 24
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ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُم قالوا لَن تَمَسَّنَا النّارُ إِلّا أَيّامًا مَعدوداتٍ ۖ وَغَرَّهُم في دينِهِم ما كانوا يَفتَرونَ

Muhammad Asad

simply 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.2
  • Cf. 2:80, and the corresponding note.
  • Lit., "that which they were wont to invent has deluded them in their faith".