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29. Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
29. Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
30. Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
30. Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!"
31. Qul tarabbasoo fa-innee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
31. Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"
32. Am ta/muruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
32. Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
33. Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yu/minoona
33. Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
34. Falya/too bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
34. Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!
35. Am khuliqoo min ghayri shay-in am humu alkhaliqoona
35. Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
36. Am khalaqoo alssamawati waal-arda bal la yooqinoona
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.
37. Am AAindahum khaza-inu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
37. Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of affairs)?
38. Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falya/ti mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
38. Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.
39. Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
39. Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
40. Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
40. Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
41. Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
41. Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
42. Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
42. Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!
43. Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
43. Or have they a god other than Allah. Exalted is Allah far above the things they associate with Him!
44. Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina alssama-i saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
44. Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
45. Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona
45. So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-
46. Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shay-an wala hum yunsaroona
46. The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be given them.
47. Wa-inna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona
47. And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides this: But most of them understand not.
48. Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fa-innaka bi-aAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
48. Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,
49. Wamina allayli fasabbihhu wa-idbara alnnujoomi
49. And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the stars!