14فَإِلَّم يَستَجيبوا لَكُم فَاعلَموا أَنَّما أُنزِلَ بِعِلمِ اللَّهِ وَأَن لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۖ فَهَل أَنتُم مُسلِمونَMuhammad AsadAnd if they [whom you have called to your aid] are not able to help you,1 then know that [this Qur'an] has been bestowed from on high out of God's wisdom alone,2 and that there is no deity save Him. Will you, then, surrender yourselves unto Him?"Lit., "if they [i.e., your poets and wise men] do not respond to your call". Cf. 2:24, where a similar challenge is followed by the words, "And if you cannot do it - and most certainly you cannot do it - then ...", etc.Lit., "only by God's knowledge".