Or do they have a ladder (climbing which) they can hear (the secrets of heaven)? Let one who has heard then bring a clear proof.
Or do they have any stairs, climbing upon which they eavesdrop? So their eavesdropper should bring some clear proof!
Or have they a ladder whereon they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority.
Or have they a ladder by which they could [ascend to ultimate truths and] listen [to what is beyond the reach of human perception]? Let, then, any of them who have listened [to it] produce a manifest proof [of his knowledge]!
Have they a stairway whereby they overhear? Then let their listener bring an authority manifest.
Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.
Or do they have a stairway by means of which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.
Or do they have a ladder whereon they can climb and attempt to listen (to what is transpiring in the Higher Realm)? Then, let any of them who has listened to it produce a clear proof of it.
Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.
Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
Do they have a ladder [leading up to heaven] whereby they eavesdrop? If so, let their eavesdropper produce a manifest authority.
Or, do they have a ladder on which they listen? Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority.
Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.
Do they have a ladder (by which they can climb up to the heavens) and listen (to the angels) and come back to the rest of the people with clear authority?
Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.
Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisul<u>ta</u>nin mubeen<b>in</b>
Have they a ladder up to heaven by means of which they can overhear? Then let their listeners bring a clear proof.
Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.