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 عِندَهُم خَزائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَم هُمُ المُصَيطِرونَ

Or do they possess your Lord’s treasures? Or are they the ones in control?

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 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.

أَم لَهُم إِلـٰهٌ غَيرُ اللَّهِ ۚ سُبحانَ اللَّهِ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ

Or do they have a god other than God? Exalted is God, far above what they associate with Him.

وَإِن يَرَوا كِسفًا مِنَ السَّماءِ ساقِطًا يَقولوا سَحابٌ مَركومٌ

Even if they were to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say, “Clouds, piled up.”

فَذَرهُم حَتّىٰ يُلاقوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذي فيهِ يُصعَقونَ

So, leave them until they encounter their Day, when they will be thunderstruck.