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ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 32

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

Do their minds^[12] prompt them to say such things, or are they transgressing people?

[12] The leaders of pagans in Makkah claimed to be of great minds. Here it questions their intelligence, arguing that a man cannot be a madman and a poet at the same time.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 33

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Or do they say, “He has made this [Qur’an] up”? Rather, they are not willing to believe.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 34

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Then let them produce a discourse like this, if they are truthful^[13].

[13] Arab pagans were challenged to produce the like of this Quran, ten surahs, or one surah, but the challenge has never been met until the present day. See 2:23, 11:13, 52:34.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 35

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Were they created by none, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 36

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Or did they create the heavens and earth? Rather, they are not certain in faith.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 37

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

Or do they possess the treasures of your Lord, or do they have full control [of everything]?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 38

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Or do they have a stairway [to the heaven] by which they eavesdrop? Then let those who eavesdrop produce a compelling proof.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 39

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

Or does He have daughters while you have sons^[14]?

[14] See footnote 37:149.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 40

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or are you asking them [O Prophet] for a reward so they are overburdened by debt?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 41

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or do they have [the knowledge of] the unseen so they are writing it down?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 42

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ

Or do they intend a plot [against the Prophet]? But the plot of the disbelievers will rebound against themselves.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 43

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Or do they have a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah far above what they associate with Him.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 44

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ

If they were to see pieces of the sky falling down^[15], they would still say, “[This is only] a mass of clouds.”

[15] As a sign of the punishment that they requested.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 45

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ

So leave them alone until they encounter their Day in which they will be struck down^[16],

[16] i.e., they will be punished on the Day of Judgment.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 46

يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ

the Day their plots will not avail them in the least, nor will they be helped.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

And for the wrongdoers, there will be another punishment before that^[17], but most of them do not know.

[17] In this world such as famine, droughts, or defeat at the battle, or punishment in the grave.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 48

وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

Be patient [O Prophet] with your Lord’s decree, for indeed you are under Our [Watchful] Eyes. And glorify the praises of your Lord when you rise.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

And glorify Him at night and when the stars fade away^[18].

[18] i.e., the early hours of the morning when the stars set; the time of the Fajr Prayer.