أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ Qur’an Hud (11:13)Am yaqooloona iftar a hu qul fatoo biAAashri suwarin mithlihi muftaray a tin wa o dAAoo mani ista t aAAtum min dooni All a hi in kuntum sa diqeen a
For my rendering of the particle am at the beginning of this sentence as "and", see surah {10}, note [61].
I.e., that a divine writ like the Qur'an could have been "invented" by a human being. Cf. 2:23 , {10:37-38} and 17:88 , as well as the corresponding notes.
The Prophet (ﷺ).
Cf. ii. 23 and x. 38.