Surah At-Tur 52:38 — translation and meaning
الطور · Verse 38 / 49 · Page 525
ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
Word by Word
ۖ
أَمْ
am
Or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
سُلَّمٌ
sullamun
(is) a stairway
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
yastami'una
they listen
فِيهِ
fihi
therewith
فَلْيَأْتِ
falyati
Then let bring
مُسْتَمِعُهُم
mus'tami'uhum
their listener
بِسُلْطَانٍ
bisul'tanin
an authority
مُّبِينٍ
mubinin
clear
Transliteration
Am lahum sullamuny yastami'oona feehi falyaati mustami'uhum bisultaanim mubeen
Translation
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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