The Story, Stories, The Narrative 28:49

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Arabic English Morphology
قُلْ qul
Say V
Then bring V
بِكِتَٰبٍ bikitābin
a Book Noun
from Allah Prep
عِندِ ʿindi
from Allah Noun
from Allah Noun
هُوَ huwa
which Noun
(is) a better guide Noun
than both of them Prep
that I may follow it V
إِن in
if Prep
you are V
صَٰدِقِينَ ṣādiqīna
truthful Noun

Say [Muhammad], ‘Then produce a book from God that gives better guidance than these two and I will follow it, if you are telling the truth.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قُلۡ فَأۡتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبࣲ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمَاۤ أَتَّبِعۡهُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٤٩

qul fatū bikitābin min ʿindi l-lahi huwa ahdā min'humā attabiʿ'hu in kuntum ṣādiqīn