Quran 10:38 — Yunus, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Or do they say, ‘He has devised it’? Say, ‘Then produce a sura like it, and call on anyone you can beside God if you are telling the truth.’
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū bisūratin mith'lihi wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do they say, 'Why, he has forged it'? Say: 'Then produce a sura like it, and call on whom you can, apart from God, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, they [who are bent on denying the truth] assert, "[Muhammad] has invented it!" Say [unto them]: "Produce, then, a surah of similar merit; and [to this end] call to your aid whomever you can, other than God, if what you say is true!
- Sahih International
- Or do they say [about the Prophet (ﷺ)], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a sūrah like it and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | (do) they say | قول |
| 3 | ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖif'tarāhu | He has invented it | فري |
| 4 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 5 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | Then bring | أتي |
| 6 | بِسُورَةٍۢbisūratin | a Surah | سور |
| 7 | مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihi | like it | مثل |
| 8 | وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿū | and call | دعو |
| 9 | مَنِmani | whoever | — |
| 10 | ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtum | you can | طوع |
| 11 | مِّنmin | besides Allah | — |
| 12 | دُونِdūni | besides Allah | دون |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | besides Allah | أله |
| 14 | إِنin | if | — |
| 15 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 16 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |