أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبٞ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ
(68:37) Or do you have a Book1 wherein you read
إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
(68:38) that (in the Hereafter) you shall have all that you choose for yourselves?
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ
(68:39) Or have We sworn a covenant with you which We are bound to keep till
the Day of Resurrection, (a covenant requiring that whatever you ordain for
yourselves shall be yours)?
the Day of Resurrection, (a covenant requiring that whatever you ordain for
yourselves shall be yours)?
سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
(68:40) Ask them: “Which of them can guarantee that?2
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
(68:41) Or has something been guaranteed by any of those whom they associate
with Allah in His Divinity?” If so, let them bring forth their associates, if
they are truthful.3
with Allah in His Divinity?” If so, let them bring forth their associates, if
they are truthful.3
يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
(68:42) On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold,4 when
people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able
to prostrate.
people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able
to prostrate.