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At-Tur 38

Ayah 38 of 49 · Meccan

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨

Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  3. سُلَّمٞ(is) a stairwaysullamun
  4. يَسۡتَمِعُونَthey listenyastamiʿūna
  5. فِيهِۖtherewithfīhi
  6. فَلۡيَأۡتِThen let bringfalyati
  7. مُسۡتَمِعُهُمtheir listenermus'tamiʿuhum
  8. بِسُلۡطَٰنٖan authoritybisul'ṭānin
  9. مُّبِينٍclearmubīnin

Tafsir

Or do they have a ladder with which to climb to the sky in which they listen to Allah’s revelation which He sends to tell them they are on the truth? So let the one who listens amongst them to that revelation bring a clear proof to affirm you in your claim that you are on truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran