At-Tur 52:38
The Mount · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 525
Have They a Stairway?
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Or have they a stairway upon which they listen?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this means: “Do they have a stairway on which they hear Allah’s commands and revelation to the exalted angels?”
Reflect
Don’t believe those who claim to know the unseen.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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