قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ 26

26        (Saying): “Before this, we, indeed, used to be scared (of the punishment) in our families.”

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ 27

27        “So it is a great Favour of Allah Who has saved us from the torment of Fire.”

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ 28

28        “Indeed, even before this We used to invoke (or pray to) Him. (So He granted our supplication). Indeed, He is Generous, the Most Merciful.”

فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ 29

29        [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Hence, remind (mankind with the topics described above) since, by the Grace of Allah you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ 30

30        Or do they say: “[Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)] is a poet? We are waiting for some calamity (like death) to fall on him (in due course of time).”

قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ 31

31        Or do they say: “[Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)] is a poet? We are waiting for some calamity (like death) to fall on him (in due course of time).”

أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ 32

32        Does their intelligence dictate them this [i.e. to tell lies against Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)] or are they a people transgressing all human limits?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ 33

33        Do they say: “He has forged it (the Quran)?” In fact, they simply don’t believe (in it).

فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ 34

34        So they should bring even one statement like this (i.e. Quran) if they are truthful in their claim.

أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ 35

35        Were they created by them-selves without any creator, or were they the creators?

أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ 36

36        Or did they create the skies and the earth? In fact, they don’t have firm Belief.

أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ 37

37        Or do they have the treasures (of Mercy, Favours, Prophethood) of your Creator (so that they give Prophethood to whom they like), or are they the controllers of these treasures?

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ 38

38        Or do they have a stairway (to the sky) with which they listen (to the talks of angels, i.e. do they have any revelations obtained like this)? Then their listener should produce a clear proof of it.

أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ 39

39        Or has He only daughters and you have sons?

أَمۡ تَسۡ‍َٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ 40

40        Or do you [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] ask them for a reward (for your services), so that they are burdened with this demand?

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ 41

41        Or do they have knowledge of the Unseen, which they then write down [e.g. Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) will definitely die before they die]?

أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ 42

42        Or do they intend to plot [against you, i.e. to kill the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)]? But the disbelievers are them-selves plotted against (as in Badr). (Also see Surah Fatir:43)

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ 43

43        Or have they a god other than Allah? Glorified is Allah from all that they ascribe as partners (to Him).

وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ 44

44        (Even if their demanded miracle take place, they are very stub-born in their thinking). And if they were to see a piece of the sky falling down, they would say: “These are only layers of clouds piled up.”

فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ 45

45        So leave them alone (in their condition) till they meet their Day in which they will faint (with horror).