بَلْ قَالُوٓاْ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَٮٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔـايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ٥
Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents).