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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَٰتٍۢ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten surahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful."

Word-by-word meaning

أَمْamOr
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
افْتَرَاهُ ۖif'tarāhuHe has fabricated it
قُلْqulSay
فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
بِعَشْرِbiʿashriten
سُوَرٍۢsuwarinSurahs
مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike it
مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍۢmuf'tarayātinfabricated
وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand call
مَنِmaniwhoever
ٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtumyou can
مِّنminbesides Allah
دُونِdūnibesides Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahibesides Allah
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messenger grieving by the Statements of the Polytheists, and His GratificationThis statement of Allah, the Exalted, to His Messenger comforted the worries that the polytheists were causing him due to their statements directed towards him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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