52. Tur · verses 28–39

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu

"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ

Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin

Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ

Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni

Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena

Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ

Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona

Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona

Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena

Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ

Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona

Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ

Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona

Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ

Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona

Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?