38:10

أَمْ لَهُم مُّلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِ

am lahum mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā falyartaqū fī l-asbābi

Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.

— Saheeh International

Do they control the heavens and earth and everything between? Let them climb their ropes:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or is it that the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them is theirs? If so, let them ascend up with means (to the heavens)!

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

Word by Word

أَمْamOr

لَهُمlahumfor them

مُّلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion

ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens

وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth

وَمَاwamāand whatever

بَيْنَهُمَاۖbaynahumā(is) between them

فَلْيَرْتَقُوا۟falyartaqūThen let them ascend

فِىfīby

ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِl-asbābithe means