Ruh-ul-Quran - Al-Baqara : 23
وَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِیْ رَیْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلٰى عَبْدِنَا فَاْتُوْا بِسُوْرَةٍ مِّنْ مِّثْلِهٖ١۪ وَ ادْعُوْا شُهَدَآءَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ
وَاِنْ : اور اگر كُنْتُمْ : تم ہو فِیْ : میں رَيْبٍ : شک مِمَّا : سے جو نَزَّلْنَا : ہم نے اتارا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا : اپنے بندہ پر فَأْتُوْا : تولے آؤ بِسُوْرَةٍ : ایک سورة مِنْ ۔ مِثْلِهِ : سے ۔ اس جیسی وَادْعُوْا : اور بلالو شُهَدَآءَكُمْ : اپنے مدد گار مِنْ دُوْنِ اللہِ : اللہ کے سوا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ : اگر تم ہو صَادِقِیْنَ : سچے
And if you be in doubt whether the Book We have sent down to Our Servant is from Us or not, then produce, at least, one Surah like this 24 . You may call all your associates to assist you and avail yourselves of the help of any one other than Allah. If you are genuine in your doubt, do this.
24. Before this, in Makka, opponents had often been challenged to produce anything of comparable merit if they believed the Qur'an to be the work of a human being. In Madina the same challenge was reiterated. (For similar challenges made elsewhere in the Qur'an, see 10: 38; 11: 13; 17: 88 and 52: 33
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