Quran 36:81 — Yaseen, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Is He who created the heavens and earth not able to create the likes of these people? Of course He is! He is the All Knowing Creator:
أَوَلَيْسَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ
awalaysa alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa biqādirin ʿalā an yakhluqa mith'lahum balā wahuwa l-khalāqu l-ʿalīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Is not He, who created the heavens and earth, able to create the like of them? Yes indeed; He is the All-creator, the All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Is, then, He who has created the heavens and the earth not able to create [anew] the like of those [who have died]? Yea, indeed - for He alone is the all-knowing Creator:
- Sahih International
- Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَلَيْسَawalaysa | Is it not | ليس |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (He) Who | — |
| 3 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | created | خلق |
| 4 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 6 | بِقَـٰدِرٍbiqādirin | Able | قدر |
| 7 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | to | — |
| 8 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 9 | يَخْلُقَyakhluqa | create | خلق |
| 10 | مِثْلَهُم ۚmith'lahum | (the) like of them | مثل |
| 11 | بَلَىٰbalā | Yes, indeed | — |
| 12 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and He | — |
| 13 | ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُl-khalāqu | (is) the Supreme Creator | خلق |
| 14 | ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu | the All-Knower | علم |