Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:25

45:25

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin mā kāna ḥujjatahum illā an qālū i'tū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

— Saheeh International

when Our clear revelations are recited to them, is to say, ‘Bring back our forefathers if what you say is true.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, their argument is no other than that they say: "Bring back our (dead) fathers, if you are truthful!"

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

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
ءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
مَّاmānot
كَانَkānais
حُجَّتَهُمْḥujjatahumtheir argument
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
ٱئْتُوا۟i'tūBring
بِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināour forefathers
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful