Surah 52:34
"Let them bring a proclamation like it, if they are truthful."
The Challenge to Produce Something Like the Quran
Supporting Verses
Surah 17:88 → "Say: ‘If indeed humankind and the jinn joined together to produce something like this Qur’ān, they would not produce anything like it, even if they were supporters of each other.’"
Opposing Verses
Surah 10:38 → "Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Say: ‘Then bring a sūra like it, and call on anyone you can, other than God, if you are truthful.’"
Surah 11:13 → "Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Say: ‘Then bring ten sūras forged like it, and call on whomever you can, other than God, if you are truthful.’"
Surah 2:23 → "If you are in doubt about what We have sent down to Our servant, then bring a sūra like it, and call your witnesses, other than God, if you are truthful."
Does the Quran challenge unbelievers to produce an entire book, ten suras, or one sura like it? Some verses challenge unbelievers to bring a proclamation or a book like it, others challenge them to bring ten suras, and others challenge them to bring just one sura.