Quran 11:13 — Hud, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they say, ‘He has invented it himself,’ say, ‘Then produce ten invented suras like it, and call in whoever you can beside God, if you are truthful.’
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِهِ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū biʿashri suwarin mith'lihi muf'tarayātin wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do they say, 'He has forged it'? Say: 'Then bring you ten suras the like of it, forged; and call upon whom you are able, apart from God, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and so they assert, "[Muhammad himself] has invented this [Qur'an)!" Say [unto them]: "Produce, then, ten surahs of similar merit, invented [by yourselves], 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, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | they say | قول |
| 3 | افْتَرَاهُ ۖif'tarāhu | He has fabricated it | فري |
| 4 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 5 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | Then bring | أتي |
| 6 | بِعَشْرِbiʿashri | ten | عشر |
| 7 | سُوَرٍۢsuwarin | Surahs | سور |
| 8 | مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihi | like it | مثل |
| 9 | مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍۢmuf'tarayātin | fabricated | فري |
| 10 | وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿū | and call | دعو |
| 11 | مَنِmani | whoever | — |
| 12 | ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtum | you can | طوع |
| 13 | مِّنmin | besides Allah | — |
| 14 | دُونِdūni | besides Allah | دون |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | besides Allah | أله |
| 16 | إِنin | if | — |
| 17 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 18 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |