أَم تَأمُرُهُم أَحلامُهُم بِهـٰذا ۚ أَم هُم قَومٌ طاغونَ

Are their dreams prompting them to do this? Or are they rebellious people?

أَم يَقولونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لا يُؤمِنونَ

Or do they say, “He made it up”? They can’t be sure.

فَليَأتوا بِحَديثٍ مِثلِهِ إِن كانوا صادِقينَ

Then, let them produce a similar statement—if they are truthful.

أَم خُلِقوا مِن غَيرِ شَيءٍ أَم هُمُ الخالِقونَ

Or were they created from nonexistence? Or are they the creators?

أَم خَلَقُوا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ ۚ بَل لا يوقِنونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Certainly, they lack conviction.

أَم لَهُم سُلَّمٌ يَستَمِعونَ فيهِ ۖ فَليَأتِ مُستَمِعُهُم بِسُلطانٍ مُبينٍ

Or do they have a ladder by which they can listen in? Then, let their listener produce clear authority.

أَم لَهُ البَناتُ وَلَكُمُ البَنونَ

Or does He have daughters while you have sons?

أَم تَسأَلُهُم أَجرًا فَهُم مِن مَغرَمٍ مُثقَلونَ

Or is it that you ask them for a fee, so they are burdened by a debt?

أَم عِندَهُمُ الغَيبُ فَهُم يَكتُبونَ

Or do they know the Unseen, so they write it down?

أَم يُريدونَ كَيدًا ۖ فَالَّذينَ كَفَروا هُمُ المَكيدونَ

Or are they plotting a scheme? But those who disbelieve are the ones trapped in their plot.