Verse 52:38 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
34 فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِحَدِیثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦۤ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٣٤ falyatū biḥadīthin mith'lihi in kānū ṣādiqīn let them produce one like it, if what they say is true 35 أَمۡ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنۡ غَیۡرِ شَیۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥ am khuliqū min ghayri shayin am humu l-khāliqūn Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators 36 أَمۡ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا یُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦ am khalaqū l-samāwāti wal-arḍa bal lā yūqinūn Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They do not have faith 37 أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَاۤىِٕنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۣیۡطِرُونَ ۝٣٧ am ʿindahum khazāinu rabbika am humu l-muṣayṭirūn Do they possess your Lord’s treasures or have control over them
38 أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِیهِۖ فَلۡیَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٣٨ am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyati mus'tamiʿuhum bisul'ṭānin mubīni Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof
39 أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝٣٩ am lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūn Does God have daughters while you have sons 40 أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٠ am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūn Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt 41 أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤١ am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn Do they have [access to] the unseen? Could they write it down 42 أَمۡ یُرِیدُونَ كَیۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِیدُونَ ۝٤٢ am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūn Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared

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