Rowwad Translation Center — 291

17:87 nevertheless it is a mercy from your Lord[1], for His favor to you is truly great.

17:88 Say, “If all humans and jinn were to come together to produce something similar to this Qur’an, they would not be able to produce the like of it, even if they collaborated with one another[1].”

17:89 We have explained every kind of example[1] for mankind in this Qur’an, yet most people persist in disbelief.

17:90 They say, “We will never believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth[1],

17:91 or until you have a garden of date palms and grapevines, and you cause rivers to flow abundantly in their midst,

17:92 or you make the sky to fall upon us in pieces – as you claim – or bring Allah and the angels before us face to face,

17:93 or until you have a house of gold, or you ascend to heaven, and even then we will never believe in your ascension unless you bring down to us a book which we can read.” Say, “Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human, sent as a messenger?”

17:94 Nothing prevented people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, “Has Allah sent a human as a messenger?”

17:95 Say, “If there had been angels walking on earth peacefully, We would have certainly sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger.”

17:96 Say, “Allah is Sufficient as a witness between me and you. He is indeed All-Aware, All-Seeing of His slaves.”