أَمْ Or am they were created khuliqū of min nothing ghayri nothing shayin or am (are) they humu the creators l-khāliqūna
Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?
أَمْ Or am (did) they create khalaqū the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍa Nay bal not lā they are certain yūqinūna
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.
أَمْ Or am with them ʿindahum (are the) treasures khazāinu (of) your Lord rabbika or am (are) they humu the controllers l-muṣayṭirūna
Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?
أَمْ Or am for them lahum (is) a stairway sullamun they listen yastamiʿūna therewith fīhi Then let bring falyati their listener mus'tamiʿuhum an authority bisul'ṭānin clear mubīnin
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].
أَمْ Or am for Him lahu (are) daughters l-banātu while for you walakumu (are) sons l-banūna
Or has He daughters while you have sons?
أَمْ Or am (do) you ask from them tasaluhum a payment ajran so they fahum from min a debt maghramin (are) overburdened muth'qalūna
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ Or am with them ʿindahumu (is) the unseen l-ghaybu so they fahum write (it) down yaktubūna
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أَمْ Or am (do) they intend yurīdūna a plot kaydan But those who fa-alladhīna disbelieve kafarū themselves humu (are in) the plot l-makīdūna
Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
أَمْ Or am for them lahum a god ilāhun other than ghayru Allah l-lahi Glory be sub'ḥāna (to) Allah l-lahi from what ʿammā they associate (with Him) yush'rikūna
Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.