قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجۡتَمَعَتِ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لَا يَأۡتُونَ بِمِثۡلِهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَانَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ ظَهِيرٗا
(17:88) Say: "Surely, if mankind and jinn were to get together to produce
the like of this Qur'an, they will never be able to produce the like of it,
howsoever they might help one another."5
the like of this Qur'an, they will never be able to produce the like of it,
howsoever they might help one another."5
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورٗا
(17:89) We have explained things for people in this Qur'an in diverse ways
to make them understand the Message, yet most people obstinately persist in
unbelief.
to make them understand the Message, yet most people obstinately persist in
unbelief.
وَقَالُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفۡجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَنۢبُوعًا
(17:90) They said: "We shall not accept your Message until you cause a spring
to gush forth for us from the earth;
to gush forth for us from the earth;
أَوۡ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٞ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَعِنَبٖ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفۡجِيرًا
(17:91) or that there be a garden of palms and vines for you and then you
cause rivers to abundantly flow forth through them;
cause rivers to abundantly flow forth through them;
أَوۡ تُسۡقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفًا أَوۡ تَأۡتِيَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا
(17:92) or cause the sky to fall on us in pieces as you claimed, or bring
Allah and the angels before us, face to face;
Allah and the angels before us, face to face;