Surah At-Tur (الطور) • The Mount

Quran 52:38

52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

am lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyati mus'tamiʿuhum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

— Saheeh International

Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

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

Juz 27Page 525meccan

Word by Word

أَمْamOr
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سُلَّمٌۭsullamun(is) a stairway
يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listen
فِيهِۖfīhitherewith
فَلْيَأْتِfalyatiThen let bring
مُسْتَمِعُهُمmus'tamiʿuhumtheir listener
بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭāninan authority
مُّبِينٍmubīninclear