The Holy Quran 21:5 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

Translation

However, (failing to take heed,) they (even) say, "These (verses of the Qur'aan) are (the result of) confused (absurd) dreams. No, (it is worse than this) he (Rasulullaah ﷺ) has forged it (and attributed it to Allaah)! No, (in fact we must conclude that) he is a poet (whose words have appeal but lack truth)! (If he wishes to prove to us that he is a Rasool,) He should bring us an Aayah (a miracle) like the ones sent with the (Ambiyaa of the) previous people."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The helplessness and confusion of the disbelievers before the Quran: on hearing the Quran, out of obstinacy and stubbornness, they would become so confused that they could not settle on any one opinion: at times they called it magic, at times they said it was muddled dreams, at times they claimed that the Prophet ﷺ had fabricated some false words of his own…

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