قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبٖ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمَآ أَتَّبِعۡهُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤٩
Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."
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قُلۡ Say qul فَأۡتُواْ Then bring fatū بِكِتَٰبٖ a Book bikitābin مِّنۡ from Allah min عِندِ from Allah ʿindi ٱللَّهِ from Allah l-lahi هُوَ which huwa أَهۡدَىٰ (is) a better guide ahdā مِنۡهُمَآ than both of them min'humā أَتَّبِعۡهُ that I may follow it attabiʿ'hu إِن if in كُنتُمۡ you are kuntum صَٰدِقِينَ truthful ṣādiqīna Tafsir O Messenger! Say to these people: “If indeed you are truthful in your claim that the Torah and Qur’ān are sorcery, bring a book revealed by Allah which is better in guidance than the two. If you bring forth one, I shall follow it.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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