Quran 2:23 — Al-Baqara, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you have doubts about the revelation We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a single sura like it- enlist whatever supporters you have other than God- if you truly [think you can].
وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
wa-in kuntum fī raybin mimmā nazzalnā ʿalā ʿabdinā fatū bisūratin min mith'lihi wa-id'ʿū shuhadāakum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if you are in doubt concerning that We have sent down on Our servant, then bring a sura like it, and call your witnesses, apart from God, if you are truthful.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if you doubt any part of what We have, bestowed from on high, step by step, upon Our servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah of similar merit, and call upon any other than God to bear witness for you -if what you say is true!
- Sahih International
- And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | رَيْبٍۢraybin | doubt | ريب |
| 5 | مِّمَّاmimmā | about what | — |
| 6 | نَزَّلْنَاnazzalnā | We have revealed | نزل |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 8 | عَبْدِنَاʿabdinā | Our slave | عبد |
| 9 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | then produce | أتي |
| 10 | بِسُورَةٍۢbisūratin | a chapter | سور |
| 11 | مِّنmin | [of] | — |
| 12 | مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihi | like it | مثل |
| 13 | وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿū | and call | دعو |
| 14 | شُهَدَآءَكُمshuhadāakum | your witnesses | شهد |
| 15 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 16 | دُونِdūni | other than | دون |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 18 | إِنin | if | — |
| 19 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 20 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |