Quran 11:7 — Hud, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six Days––His rule extends over the waters too––so as to test which of you does best. Yet [Prophet], if you say to them, ‘You will be resurrected after death,’ the disbelievers are sure to answer, ‘This is clearly nothing but sorcery.’
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۗ وَلَئِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّكُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
wahuwa alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin wakāna ʿarshuhu ʿalā l-māi liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalan wala-in qul'ta innakum mabʿūthūna min baʿdi l-mawti layaqūlanna alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His Throne was upon the waters -- that He might try you, which one of you is fairer in works. And if thou sayest, 'you shall surely be raised up after death,' the unbelievers will say, 'This is naught but a manifest sorcery.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons; and [ever since He has willed to create life,] the throne of His almightiness has rested upon water. [God reminds you of your dependence on Him] in order to test you [and thus to make manifest] which of you is best in conduct. For thus it is: if thou sayest [unto men], "Behold, you shall be raised again after death!" - they who are bent on denying the truth are sure to answer, "This is clearly nothing but an enchanting delusion"
- Sahih International
- And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | created | خلق |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | سِتَّةِsittati | six | ستت |
| 8 | أَيَّامٍۢayyāmin | epochs | يوم |
| 9 | وَكَانَwakāna | and His throne was | كون |
| 10 | عَرْشُهُۥʿarshuhu | and His throne was | عرش |
| 11 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 12 | ٱلْمَآءِl-māi | the water | موه |
| 13 | لِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakum | that He might test [you] | بلو |
| 14 | أَيُّكُمْayyukum | which of you | — |
| 15 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | (is) best | حسن |
| 16 | عَمَلًۭا ۗʿamalan | (in) deed | عمل |
| 17 | وَلَئِنwala-in | But if | — |
| 18 | قُلْتَqul'ta | you say | قول |
| 19 | إِنَّكُمinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 20 | مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūna | (will be) resurrected | بعث |
| 21 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 22 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 23 | ٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti | [the] death | موت |
| 24 | لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlanna | surely would say | قول |
| 25 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 26 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 27 | إِنْin | This is not | — |
| 28 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | This is not | — |
| 29 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 30 | سِحْرٌۭsiḥ'run | a magic | سحر |
| 31 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |