وَاِذَا تُتۡلٰي عَلَيۡهِمۡ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالُوۡا قَدۡ سَمِعۡنَا لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَقُلۡنَا مِثۡلَ هٰذَا٘ۙ اِنۡ هٰذَا٘ اِلَّا٘ اَسَاطِيۡرُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ

And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples