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Jonah 10:38

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Arabic	English	Morphology
أَمْ am	Or	Prep
يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna	(do) they say	V
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ if'tarāhu	He has invented it	V
قُلْ qul	Say	V
فَأْتُوا۟ fatū	Then bring	V
بِسُورَةٍ bisūratin	a Surah	Noun
مِّثْلِهِۦ mith'lihi	like it	Noun
وَٱدْعُوا۟ wa-id'ʿū	and call	V
مَنِ mani	whoever	Noun
ٱسْتَطَعْتُم is'taṭaʿtum	you can	V
مِّن min	besides Allah	Prep
دُونِ dūni	besides Allah	Noun
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi	besides Allah	Noun
إِن in	if	Prep
كُنتُمْ kuntum	you are	V
صَٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna	truthful	Noun

Or do they say, ‘He has devised it’? Say, ‘Then produce a sura like it, and call on anyone you can beside God if you are telling the truth.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ فَأۡتُوا۟ بِسُورَةࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٨

am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū bisūratin mith'lihi wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīn

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Surah: Jonah
Verse: 10:38
Juz: 11
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 51
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

قول (قالَ)
فري (افْتَرَى)
أتي (أَتَى)
سور (سُورَة)
مثل (مِثْل)
دعو (دَعا)
طوع (اسْتَطاعَ)
دون (دُون)
أله (اللَّه)
كون (كانَ)
صدق (صادِق)

Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

11:13 65%

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū biʿashri suwarin mith'lihi muf'tarayātin wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīn

If they say, ‘He has invented it himself,’ say, ‘Then produce ten invented suras like it, and call in whoever you can beside God, if you are truthful.’

2:23 21%

وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

wa-in kuntum fī raybin mimmā nazzalnā ʿalā ʿabdinā fatū bisūratin min mith'lihi wa-id'ʿū shuhadāakum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīn

If you have doubts about the revelation We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a single sura like it- enlist whatever supporters you have other than God- if you truly [think you can]

11:35 17%

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ

am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūn

If [these disbelievers] say, ‘He has made this up,’ say [Muhammad], ‘If I have made this up, I am responsible for my own crime, but I am innocent of the crimes you commit.’

7:194 12%

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

inna alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi ʿibādun amthālukum fa-id'ʿūhum falyastajībū lakum in kuntum ṣādiqīn

Those you [idolaters] call upon instead of God are created beings like you. Call upon them, then, and let them respond to you if what you say is true

Jonah — Verse 38

Jonah 10:38

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