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Quran 52:38

Surah At-Tur, Verse 38

Juz 27 · Page 525 · Ruku 459 · Meccan

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Word by word

أَمْ am Or لَهُمْ lahum for them سُلَّمٌۭ sullamun (is) a stairway يَسْتَمِعُونَ yastamiʿūna they listen فِيهِ ۖ fīhi therewith فَلْيَأْتِ falyati Then let bring مُسْتَمِعُهُم mus'tamiʿuhum their listener بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ bisul'ṭānin an authority مُّبِينٍ mubīnin clear

Transliteration

Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehifalya/ti mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( أم لهم سلم يستمعون فيه ) أي : مرقاة إلى الملأ الأعلى ، ( فليأت مستمعهم بسلطان مبين ) أي : فليأت الذي يستمع لهم بحجة ظاهرة .

على صحة ما هم فيه من الفعال والمقال ، أي : وليس لهم سبيل إلى ذلك ، فليسوا على شيء ، ولا لهم دليل .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.