[52:32]

Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk ?

[52:33]

Or say they: He hath invented it ? Nay, but they will not believe!

[52:34]

Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.

[52:35]

Or were they created out of naught ? Or are they the creators ?

[52:36]

Or did they create the heavens and the earth ? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!

[52:37]

Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord ? Or have they been given charge (thereof) ?

[52:38]

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

[52:39]

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons ?

[52:40]

Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt ?

[52:41]

Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down ?

[52:42]

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger) ? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!

[52:43]

Or have they any god beside Allah ? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!

[52:44]

And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.

[52:45]

Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,

[52:46]

A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.

[52:47]

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.

[52:48]

So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord’s decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,

[52:49]

And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.