Surat al-‘Imran Verse No. 24: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 24 from Surah al-‘Imran : Number of verses 200 - - page 53 - Part 3.
﴾ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامٗا مَّعۡدُودَٰتٖۖ وَغَرَّهُمۡ فِي دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ﴿
[ آل عمران: 24]
This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a number of days." And that which they used to invent regarding their religion has deceived them.
English - Sahih International
That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(3:24) This is because they say: 'The fire of Hell shall not touch us except for a limited number of days.' *23 The false beliefs which they have forged have deluded them in their faith.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*23). These people considered themselves to be God's favourites and cherished the illusion that, regardless of what they did, they were bound to enter Paradise. They took the view that since they were believers, were descended from pious people, followed noble Prophets, and were disciples and admirers of holy men, Hell would not dare touch them. They also thought that even if they were thrown into Hell they would remain there for a few days only, to be purged of the impurity of the sins which had afflicted them, and would then be sent straight to Paradise. Such notions had made them so bold that even when they committed the most atrocious crimes and the most mortal of sins, and brazenly deviated from Truth and rectitude, their hearts remained utterly unmoved by the fear of God.