Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk

Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe

Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful

Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing

Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt

Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared

Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds

Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken

A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped

And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not

So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest

And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars