Specific Requests

They say, “We will not believe unless you make a spring gush forth from the earth for us,”

17:90And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

“Or you have a garden of date palms and grapes, with rivers flowing through it,”

17:91Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth therein abundantly;

“Or you make the sky fall upon us in pieces, as you claim, or bring Allah and the angels before us,”

17:92Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us piecemeal, as thou hast pretended, or bring Allah and the angels as a warrant;

“Or you have a house of gold, or ascend into the sky, but we will not believe in your ascension unless you bring down a book for us to read.” Say, “Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human messenger?”

17:93Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am I aught save a mortal messenger?