إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ (38)
(23:38) This man is merely an impostor, who is inventing lies in the name of Allah,36a and we are not going to believe in what he says".
*36)a. These words show that the people of `Ad too, were not disbelievers in the existence of God. They too were involved in the sin of shirk. Refer to AlA`araf (VII): 70, Hud (Xl): 53-54, Ha Mim Sajdah (XLI): 14, and AI-Ahqaf (XLVI): 21-22.