S: Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said:
023.082 Y: They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?"
P: They say: When we are dead and have become (mere) dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again?
S: They say: What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we then be raised?
023.083 Y: "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
P: We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
S: Certainly we are promised this, and (so were) our fathers aforetime; this is naught but stories of those of old.
023.084 Y: Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"
P: Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye have knowledge?
S: Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you know?