هُود : ١٣

  • أَمۡ Or
  • يَقُولُونَ they say
  • ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ He has fabricated it
  • قُلۡ Say
  • فَأۡتُواْ Then bring
  • بِعَشۡرِ ten
  • سُوَرٖ surahs
  • مِّثۡلِهِۦ like it
  • مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ fabricated
  • وَٱدۡعُواْ and call
  • مَنِ whoever
  • ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم you can
  • مِّن besides Allah
  • دُونِ besides Allah
  • ٱللَّهِ besides Allah
  • إِن if
  • كُنتُمۡ you are
  • صَٰدِقِينَ truthful
Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten sūrahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allāh, if you should be truthful."
Or do they say, 'He has invented it'?, that is, Al-Qur'an. Say: 'Then bring ten sooras the like thereof, in terms of clarity and rhetorical excellence, invented, for you are Arabs who speak [Arabic] eloquently, like myself - he challenged them to these [ten sooras] first, and then to one soora - and call, in order [for them] to assist you, upon whom you can beside God, that is, [on] other than Him, if you are truthful', about it [Al-Qur'an] being an invention of lies.