Qul tarabbasoo fa innee ma'akum minal mutarabbiseen
Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."
Am taamuruhum ahlaamuhum bihaazaaa am hum qawmun taaghoon
Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?
Am yaqooloona taqawwalah; bal laa yu'minoon
Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Falyaatoo bihadeesim misliheee in kaanoo saadiqeen
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
Am khuliqoo min ghairi shai'in am humul khaaliqoon
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
Am khalaqus samaawaati wal ard; bal laa yooqinoon
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
Am'indahum khazaaa'inu rabbika am humul musaitiroon
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].
Am lahul banaatu wa lakumul banoon
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon
Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?