أَم تَأمُرُهُم أَحلامُهُم بِهـٰذا ۚ أَم هُم قَومٌ طاغونَ

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

أَم يَقولونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ ۚ بَل لا يُؤمِنونَ

Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

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 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.

أَم لَهُ البَناتُ وَلَكُمُ البَنونَ

Or has He daughters while you have sons?

أَم تَسأَلُهُم أَجرًا فَهُم مِن مَغرَمٍ مُثقَلونَ

Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

أَم عِندَهُمُ الغَيبُ فَهُم يَكتُبونَ

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

أَم يُريدونَ كَيدًا ۖ فَالَّذينَ كَفَروا هُمُ المَكيدونَ

Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.