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And if you are in doubt, in uncertainty, concerning what We have revealed to Our servant, Muhammad "sallallāhu alayhi wa sallam", of the Qur'ān, that it is from Allahu ta’ālā, then bring a sūra like it, that is also revealed (min mithlihi: min is explicative, that is, a sūra like it in its eloquence, fine arrangement and its bestowal of knowledge of the Unseen; a sūra is a passage with a beginning and end made up of a minimum of three verses); and call your witnesses, those other gods that you worship, besides Allahu ta’ālā, that is, other than Him, so that it can be seen, if you are truthful, in [your claim] that Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" speaks it from himself. So do this, for you are also fluent speakers of Arabic like him. When they could not do this, Allahu ta’ālā said: