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Or do their ˹intelligent˺ minds prompt them to this ˹paradox˺?¹ Or are they ˹just˺ a transgressing people?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do their minds¹ command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

— Saheeh International

Or do they say, “He made this ˹Quran˺ up!”? In fact, they have no faith.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

— Saheeh International

Let them then produce something like it, if what they say is true!¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

— Saheeh International

Or were they created by nothing, or are they ˹their own˺ creators?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

— Saheeh International

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they have no firm belief ˹in Allah˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

— Saheeh International

Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord, or are they in control ˹of everything˺?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

— Saheeh International

Or do they have a stairway, by which they eavesdrop ˹on the heavens˺? Then let those who do so bring a compelling proof.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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

— Saheeh International

Or does He have daughters ˹as you claim˺, while you ˹prefer to˺ have sons?¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or has He daughters while you have sons?

— Saheeh International

Or are you ˹O Prophet˺ asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

— Saheeh International

Or do they have access to ˹the Record in˺ the unseen, so they copy it ˹for all to see˺?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

— Saheeh International

Or do they intend to scheme ˹against the Prophet˺? Then it is the disbelievers who will fall victim to ˹their˺ schemes.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

— Saheeh International