إِنّا كُنّا مِن قَبلُ نَدعوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ البَرُّ الرَّحيمُ

Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

فَذَكِّر فَما أَنتَ بِنِعمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكاهِنٍ وَلا مَجنونٍ

So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

أَم يَقولونَ شاعِرٌ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيبَ المَنونِ

Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?"

قُل تَرَبَّصوا فَإِنّي مَعَكُم مِنَ المُتَرَبِّصينَ

Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

أَم تَأمُرُهُم أَحلامُهُم بِهـٰذا ۚ أَم هُم قَومٌ طاغونَ

Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

فَليَأتوا بِحَديثٍ مِثلِهِ إِن كانوا صادِقينَ

Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

أَم خُلِقوا مِن غَيرِ شَيءٍ أَم هُمُ الخالِقونَ

Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

أَم خَلَقُوا السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ ۚ بَل لا يوقِنونَ

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

أَم عِندَهُم خَزائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَم هُمُ المُصَيطِرونَ

Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

أَم لَهُم سُلَّمٌ يَستَمِعونَ فيهِ ۖ فَليَأتِ مُستَمِعُهُم بِسُلطانٍ مُبينٍ

Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.