Quran 37:11 — As-Saaffaat, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay.
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ
fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So ask them for a pronouncement -- Are they stronger in constitution, or those We created? We created them of clinging clay.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND NOW ask those [who deny the truth] to enlighten thee: Were they more difficult to create than all those [untold marvels] that We have created? - for, behold, them have We created out of [mere] clay commingled with water!
- Sahih International
- Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْfa-is'taftihim | Then ask them | فتي |
| 2 | أَهُمْahum | Are they | — |
| 3 | أَشَدُّashaddu | a stronger | شدد |
| 4 | خَلْقًاkhalqan | creation | خلق |
| 5 | أَمam | or | — |
| 6 | مَّنْman | (those) whom | — |
| 7 | خَلَقْنَآ ۚkhalaqnā | We have created | خلق |
| 8 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 9 | خَلَقْنَـٰهُمkhalaqnāhum | created them | خلق |
| 10 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 11 | طِينٍۢṭīnin | a clay | طين |
| 12 | لَّازِبٍۭlāzibin | sticky | لزب |