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Or (am has the significance of bal, 'nay, but …' and the [rhetorical interrogative] hamza of denial) do they say, 'He has invented it?', that is, the Qur'ān. Say: 'If I have invented it - hypothetically [speaking] - still you would have no power to avail me against Allahu ta’ālā, that is to say, against His chastisement, in any way, in other words, you would not be able to ward it off from me if Allahu ta’ālā chooses to chastise me. He knows best what you delve into [of gossip] concerning it, what you say about the Qur'ān. He, exalted be He, suffices as a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, to the one who repents, the Merciful', to him, and so He does not hasten to punish you.