Or do their ˹intelligent˺ minds prompt them to this ˹paradox˺?1 Or are they ˹just˺ a transgressing people?
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Or do they say, “He made this ˹Quran˺ up!”? In fact, they have no faith.
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Let them then produce something like it, if what they say is true!1
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Or were they created by nothing, or are they ˹their own˺ creators?
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Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no certainty.
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Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord, or are they in control ˹of everything˺?
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Or do they have a stairway, by which they eavesdrop ˹on the heavens˺? Then let those who do so bring a compelling proof.
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Or does He have daughters ˹as you claim˺, while you ˹prefer to˺ have sons?1
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Or are you ˹O Prophet˺ asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?
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Or do they have access to ˹the Record in˺ the unseen, so they copy it ˹for all to see˺?
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Or do they intend to scheme ˹against the Prophet˺? Then it is the disbelievers who will fall victim to ˹their˺ schemes.
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Or do they have a god other than Allah? Glorified is Allah far above what they associate ˹with Him˺!
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If they were to see a ˹deadly˺ piece of the sky fall down ˹upon them˺, still they would say, “˹This is just˺ a pile of clouds.”
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So leave them until they face their Day in which they will be struck dead—
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the Day their scheming will be of no benefit to them whatsoever, nor will they be helped.
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Also, the wrongdoers will certainly have another torment before that ˹Day˺, but most of them do not know.1
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So be patient with your Lord’s decree, for you are truly under Our ˹watchful˺ Eyes. And glorify the praises of your Lord when you rise.
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And glorify Him during part of the night and at the fading of the stars.
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