Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 156

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:156
37:156

أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌ مُّبِينٌ

Or do you have a clear authority?

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:156 in sequence and meaning.

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Then will you not be reminded?

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment].