52. Tur · verses 31–40

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?

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-