The Holy Quran 23:33 — Surah Al-Mu'minun

Arabic text

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

Translation

The Kuffaar leaders from his nation, who denied the meeting of the Aakhirah and to whom We had granted affluence (comfort) in the worldly life, said, "He (the Rasool) is merely a human like yourselves who eats what you eat and drinks what you drink (there is nothing externally special about him that makes him worthy of following)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, they did not believe that one day after death they would meet Allah. The life of this world and its pleasures and comforts were all they lived for. that is, outwardly there is nothing in him beyond what is in you.

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