38 Preface أَم لَهُم سُلَّمٌ يَستَمِعونَ فيهِ ۖ فَليَأتِ مُستَمِعُهُم بِسُلطانٍ مُبينٍYusuf AliOr have they a ladder,1 by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.Cf. 6:35 : a reference to the Pagan belief that by means of a material ladder a man might climb up to heaven and learn its secrets!