52. Tur · verses 30–32

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?