87. Illa rahmatan min rabbika inna fadlahu kana AAalayka kabeeraN
87. Except for Mercy from thy Lord:
For His Bounty is
To thee (indeed) great.
88. Qul la-ini ijtamaAAati al-insu waAljinnu AAala an ya/too bimithli hatha alqur-ani la ya/toona bimithlihi walaw kana baAAduhum libaAAdin "th"aheeraN
88. Say: "If the whole
Of mankind and Jinns
Were to gather together
To produce the like
Of this Qur-n, they
Could not produce
The like ther, even if
They backed up each other
With help and support.
89. Walaqad sarrafna liLnnasi fee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin faaba aktharu aLnnasi illa kufooraN
89. And We have explained
To man, in this Qur-n,
Every kind of similitude:
Yet the greater part of men
Refuse (to receive it)
Except with ingratitude!
90. Waqaloo lan nu/mina laka hatta tafjura lana mina al-ardi yanbooAAaN
90. They say: "We shall not
Believe in thee, until thou
Cause a spring to gush
Forth for us from the earth,
91. Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelin waAAinabin fatufajjira al-anhara khilalaha tafjeeraN
91. \"Or (until) thou have
A garden of date trees
And vines, and cause rivers
To gush forth in their midst,
Carrying abundant water;
92. Aw tusqita aLssamaa kama zaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw ta/tiya biAllahi waAlmala-ikati qabeelaN
92. \"Or thou cause the sky
To fall in pieces, as thou
Sayest (will happen), against us;
Or thou bring God
And the angels before (us)
Face to face;
93. Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqa fee aLssama-i walan nu/mina liruqiyyika hatta tunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhana rabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoolaN