Verse 52:40 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
43
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَـٰهٌ غَیۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ ٤٣
am lahum ilāhun ghayru l-lahi sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yush'rikūn
Do they really have another god besides God? God is far above anything they set alongside Him
44
وَإِن یَرَوۡا۟ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ سَاقِطࣰا یَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ ٤٤
wa-in yaraw kis'fan mina l-samāi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmu
Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’
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