The Arabic Letter Sad - 38:9
Or are the treasures of mercy of your Lord, the Exalted and the Bestower, with them?
In the context of verses 8, 9, 10, the reference is to the people of the book who set rules and decisions in the name of God according to their delusions and conjectures, as if they had a say in governance, from the selection of prophets to who will go to heaven and hell:
The Women/4:49
Do you not see those who justify themselves, but Allah justifies whom He wills. They will not be wronged in the slightest.
اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يُزَكُّونَ اَنْفُسَهُمْۜ بَلِ اللّٰهُ يُزَكّ۪ي مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَت۪يلاً
The Women/4:50
See how they slander Allah falsely. That is enough as a great insult.
اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَكَفٰى بِه۪ٓ اِثْماً مُب۪يناً۟
The Women/4:51
"Do you not see those who have been given a share of the Book? They believe in idolatry and false doctrines, and say of those who disbelieve, "These are more rightly guided than those who believe"."
اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا نَص۪يباً مِنَ الْكِتَابِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَالطَّاغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اَهْدٰى مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا سَب۪يلاً
The Women/4:52
They have incurred the curse of Allah. Whomever Allah curses, you will find no helper for him.
اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ يَلْعَنِ اللّٰهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَص۪يراًۜ
The Women/4:53
Or do they have a share in the government? If they did, they would not have given even a kernel to the people.
اَمْ لَهُمْ نَص۪يبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ فَاِذاً لَا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَق۪يراًۙ
The Women/4:54
Or do they resent what Allah has given to mankind from His bounty? But We gave to the family of Abraham the Book and wisdom, and We gave them great authority.
اَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلٰى مَٓا اٰتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۚ فَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَٓا اٰلَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُمْ مُلْكاً عَظ۪يماً
The Cow/2:135
"They said: "Become Jews or Christians so that you may be guided". Say: "No, we follow the monotheistic religion of Abraham. He was not of those who associate partners."
وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰى تَهْتَدُواۜ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ حَن۪يفاًۜ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ
The Cow/2:93
"Remember when We raised Mount Tur over you and took a promise from you: "Hold fast to what I command you and listen."But they said: "We listened and disobeyed". Because of their disbelief, their hearts were deceived by the calf. Say: "If you have believed, how badly your faith is guiding you!"
وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواۜ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاُشْرِبُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۜ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِه۪ٓ ا۪يمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ
The Cow/2:94
"Say: "If, as you assert, the abode of the Hereafter is reserved by Allah for you alone and not for anyone else, and if you are sincere in this assertion, then ask for death!"
قُلْ اِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ خَالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ
The Cow/2:95
They will never wish for it because of what their hands have done. Allah knows the wrongdoers.
وَلَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْهُ اَبَداً بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ
The Cow/2:96
You will find them the most fond of life, even more than the pagans. Every one of them wants to live a thousand years. But his long life will not keep him away from the torment. Allah is All-Seeing of what they do.
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ اَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِه۪ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ اَنْ يُعَمَّرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟
The Cow/2:111
"They said: "None but Jews or Christians will enter Paradise". This is their delusion. Say: "Bring your proofs if you are truthful."
وَقَالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ اِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ تِلْكَ اَمَانِيُّهُمْۜ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ
The Women/4:122
Those who believe and do righteous deeds, We will place them in Gardens in which rivers flow; there they will abide forever. The word of Allah is the truth. Who is more truthful than Allah?
وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ سَنُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَٓا اَبَداًۜ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقاًّۜ وَمَنْ اَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ ق۪يلاً
The Women/4:123
This is not according to your delusions nor according to the delusions of the people of the Book: Whoever commits an evil deed will be recompensed for it, and he will not find besides Allah an Owner and a Helper.
لَيْسَ بِاَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَٓا اَمَانِيِّ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِۜ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُٓوءاً يُجْزَ بِه۪ۙ وَلَا يَجِدْ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَلِياًّ وَلَا نَص۪يراً
The Family Of Imran/3:73
"Believe in none but he who follows your religion."Say to them, "The Guidance is Allah´s Guidance."And if they say to you, "Do not believe that another has been given the like of what has been given to you, lest they gain the right to dispute with you about your Lord,"say to them, "The bounty is in the hand of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills."Allah is Generous, All-Knowing."
وَلَا تُؤْمِنُٓوا اِلَّا لِمَنْ تَبِـعَ د۪ينَكُمْۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْهُدٰى هُدَى اللّٰهِۙ اَنْ يُؤْتٰٓى اَحَدٌ مِثْلَ مَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُمْ اَوْ يُحَٓاجُّوكُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللّٰهِۚ يُؤْت۪يهِ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌۚ
The Family Of Imran/3:74
He extends His mercy to whom He wills. Allah is the Owner of Great Grace.
يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظ۪يمِ
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:8
"Why was the Message revealed to him from among us?"Indeed, they are in doubt about My Message. No, they have not yet tasted the torment."
ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَاۜ بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِكْر۪يۚ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِۜ
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:9
Or are the treasures of mercy of your Lord, the Exalted and the Bestower, with them?
اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَز۪يزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ
The Ornaments of Gold/43:32
Do they divide the mercy of your Lord? We divided between them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We made them superior to one another in rank, so that they might cause one another to work. And the mercy of your Lord is better than what they have accumulated.
اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۜ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَع۪يشَتَهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً سُخْرِياًّۜ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
The Ornaments of Gold/43:31
"They said: "Should not this Qur´an have been sent down to a famous and great man from those two cities?"
وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظ۪يمٍ
The Iron/57:29
So that the people of the Book may know that they cannot monopolize the bounty of Allah; all bounty is in the hand of Allah, and He gives it to whom He wills and/or to whom He wills. Allah is the Owner of Great Grace.
لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ اَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ اَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَاَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللّٰهِ يُؤْت۪يهِ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظ۪يمِ
The Cow/2:90
Woe to those who sell their personalities to disbelieve in what Allah has sent down, not despising that Allah sends down His bounty to whom He wills of His servants! So they incurred wrath upon wrath. For the disbelievers is a humiliating torment.
بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِه۪ٓ اَنْفُسَهُمْ اَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بَغْياً اَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۚ فَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ عَلٰى غَضَبٍۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌ
The Table Spread/5:18
"The Jews and Christians said, "We are the children and lovers of Allah. "Then why does He punish you for your sins? You are only of His creation,"say. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return."
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارٰى نَحْنُ اَبْنَٓاءُ اللّٰهِ وَاَحِبَّٓاؤُ۬هُۜ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُمْ بِذُنُوبِكُمْۜ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَۜ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۘ وَاِلَيْهِ الْمَص۪يرُ
The Heights/7:169
"They were replaced by other generations who inherited the Book. But they said, "We shall be forgiven anyway,"and chose vile and transitory benefits. If similar temporary benefits came to them, they would still choose them. Was not a promise taken from them that they would adhere to the Book and speak only the truth about Allah? Have they not read and learned it? Better for the righteous is the abode of the Hereafter. Do you not understand?"
فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا الْكِتَابَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هٰذَا الْاَدْنٰى وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَاۚ وَاِنْ يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِثْلُهُ يَأْخُذُوهُۜ اَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِمْ م۪يثَاقُ الْكِتَابِ اَنْ لَا يَقُولُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا مَا ف۪يهِۜ وَالدَّارُ الْاٰخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ يَتَّقُونَۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
The Stories/28:50
If they do not answer you, know that they follow only their delusions. Who is more astray than he who follows his delusions without guidance from Allah? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
فَاِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَكَ فَاعْلَمْ اَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْۜ وَمَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ
The Cow/2:140
"Do you claim that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants were Jews or Christians? Say: "Do you know better or Allah? Who is more unjust than he who conceals what Allah has revealed? Allah is not heedless of what you do."
اَمْ تَقُولُونَ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا هُوداً اَوْ نَصَارٰىۜ قُلْ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَعْلَمُ اَمِ اللّٰهُۜ وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَتَمَ شَهَادَةً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
The Congregation - Friday/62:6
"Say: "O Jews, if you claim that you alone among the people are the friends of Allah, then wish for death, if you are truthful."
قُلْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُٓوا اِنْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ لِلّٰهِ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ
The Congregation - Friday/62:7
They will never be able to wish for it because of what they used to do. Allah knows the wrongdoers well.
وَلَا يَتَمَنَّوْنَهُٓ اَبَداً بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِالظَّالِم۪ينَ
The Congregation - Friday/62:8
"Say: "The death from which you have been fleeing will surely reach you, and then you will be brought back to the Presence of the Knower of the hidden and the unseen. He will inform you of everything you do."
قُلْ اِنَّ الْمَوْتَ الَّذ۪ي تَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ فَاِنَّهُ مُلَاق۪يكُمْ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ اِلٰى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ۟
The Pen/68:37
Or do you have a Book and you keep reciting it?
اَمْ لَـكُمْ كِتَابٌ ف۪يهِ تَدْرُسُونَۙ
The Pen/68:39
Or have you taken from us an assurance that will last until the Day of Resurrection that you can judge as you wish?
اَمْ لَـكُمْ اَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَـكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَۚ
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:8
"Why was the Message revealed to him from among us?"Indeed, they are in doubt about My Message. No, they have not yet tasted the torment."
ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَيْنِنَاۜ بَلْ هُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْ ذِكْر۪يۚ بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِۜ
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:9
Or are the treasures of mercy of your Lord, the Exalted and the Bestower, with them?
اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَز۪يزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:10
Or does the government of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them belong to them? Let them glorify themselves.
اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا۠ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ