Since it is impossible to resurrect someone who cannot die, those God - fearing men did not believe in the immortality of the human soul.
فَمِنَ ٱلْوَاضِحِ أَنَّ هٰذَيْنِ ٱلرَّجُلَيْنِ لَمْ يُؤْمِنَا بِخُلُودِ ٱلنَّفْسِ ،‏ إِذْ يَسْتَحِيلُ إِقَامَةُ شَخْصٍ لَا يَمُوتُ .‏