Have they, perchance, handed down this [way of thinking] as a legacy unto one another? Nay, they are people filled with overweening arrogance!

Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!

Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.

Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people.

Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.