Stubbornness of the polytheists

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ لَيَقُولُونَ

And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,