does their reason really tell them to do this, or are they simply insolent people

If they say, ‘He has made it up himself’- they certainly do not believe

let them produce one like it, if what they say is true

Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators

Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They do not have faith

Do they possess your Lord’s treasures or have control over them

Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof

Does God have daughters while you have sons

Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt

Do they have [access to] the unseen? Could they write it down

Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared

Do they really have another god besides God? God is far above anything they set alongside Him

Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’

so leave them, Prophet, until they face the Day when they will be thunderstruck

the Day when their snares will be of no use to them, when they will get no help

Another punishment awaits the evildoers, though most of them do not realize it

Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: you are under Our watchful eye. Celebrate the praise of your Lord when you rise

Glorify Him at night and at the fading of the stars