أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ
(52:40) Or is it that you ask of them any recompense so that they should
fear to be weighed down under the burden of debt?1
fear to be weighed down under the burden of debt?1
أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ
(52:41) Or is it that they have access to (the Truths in) the realm beyond
sense-perception which they are writing down?2
sense-perception which they are writing down?2
أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ
(52:42) Or are they contriving a stratagem against you?3 If so,
that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers.4
that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers.4
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
(52:43) Do they have any god other than Allah? Exalted be Allah above whatever
they associate (with Him in His Divinity).5
they associate (with Him in His Divinity).5
وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ
(52:44) (So obstinate are they that) even if they were to see some fragments
of the sky falling down they would still say: “It is only a mass of cloud.”6
of the sky falling down they would still say: “It is only a mass of cloud.”6