Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:5

21:5

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin bali if'tarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyatinā biāyatin kamā ur'sila l-awalūna

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

— Saheeh International

Some say, ‘Muddled dreams’; others, ‘He made it up’; yet others, ‘He is just a poet, let him show us a sign as previous messengers did.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay, they say: "These (revelations of the Qur’ân which are revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented them! - Nay, he is a poet! Let him then bring us an Ayâh (sign as a proof) like the ones (Prophets) the former were sent (with)!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

بَلْbalNay
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَضْغَـٰثُaḍghāthuMuddled
أَحْلَـٰمٍۭaḥlāmindreams
بَلِbalinay
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe (has) invented it
بَلْbalnay
هُوَhuwahe
شَاعِرٌۭshāʿirun(is) a poet
فَلْيَأْتِنَاfalyatināSo let him bring us
بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatina sign
كَمَآkamālike what
أُرْسِلَur'silawas sent
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna(to) the former