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Al-Baqarah 23

Ayah 23 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبٖ مِّمَّا نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِنَا فَأۡتُواْ بِسُورَةٖ مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُواْ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٣

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. رَيۡبٖdoubtraybin
  5. مِّمَّاabout whatmimmā
  6. نَزَّلۡنَاWe have revealednazzalnā
  7. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  8. عَبۡدِنَاOur slaveʿabdinā
  9. فَأۡتُواْthen producefatū
  10. بِسُورَةٖa chapterbisūratin
  11. مِّن[of]min
  12. مِّثۡلِهِۦlike itmith'lihi
  13. وَٱدۡعُواْand callwa-id'ʿū
  14. شُهَدَآءَكُمyour witnessesshuhadāakum
  15. مِّنfrommin
  16. دُونِother thandūni
  17. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  18. إِنifin
  19. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  20. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

Allah challenges those who have any doubt about the Qur’ān revealed to His servant, Muhammad (peace be upon him), to produce a chapter just like it, and to call their helpers, if they are truthful about what they say.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran