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Surah At-Tur, Verse 38

سورة الطور، الآية ٣٨

52:38 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 525 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

Transliteration

am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyati mus'tamiʿuhum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

Translation

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

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Verse 38 of Surah At-Tur (52:38), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 525 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 38

Al-Mukhtasar

Or do they have a ladder with which to climb to the sky in which they listen to Allah’s revelation which He sends to tell them they are on the truth? So let the one who listens amongst them to that revelation bring a clear proof to affirm you in your claim that you are on truth.

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Other translations of verse 38

Or do they have a stairway [to the heaven] by which they eavesdrop? Then let those who eavesdrop produce a compelling proof.

Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

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.

Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.

Or even do they have a ladder wherein they listen? Then let their listener come up with an evident, all- binding authority.

Verse 38 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. لَهُمْ lahum for them
  3. سُلَّمٌ sullamun (is) a stairway س ل م
  4. يَسْتَمِعُونَ yastamiʿūna they listen س م ع
  5. فِيهِ fīhi therewith
  6. فَلْيَأْتِ falyati Then let bring أ ت ي
  7. مُسْتَمِعُهُم mus'tamiʿuhum their listener س م ع
  8. بِسُلْطَٰنٍ bisul'ṭānin an authority س ل ط
  9. مُّبِينٍ mubīnin clear ب ي ن

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