At-Tur 52:38
The Mount · ayah 38 of 49
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehifalya/ti mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeen
"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 translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof."
Pickthall (classic)+
"Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof."