The Holy Quran 17:90 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا

Translation

They (the Kuffaar) say (to Rasulullaah ﷺ), "We shall never believe in you until you cause a spring (fountain) to gush forth for us from the earth...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The demands of the disbelievers: that is, from the land of Makkah. Finding themselves helpless before the inimitability of the Quran, they would start making such far-fetched demands. In short, they had no intention of benefiting or gaining anything; it was all mere captiousness and obstinacy.

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