Quran 40:57 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The creation of the heavens and earth is greater by far than the creation of mankind, though most people do not know it.
لَخَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
lakhalqu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi akbaru min khalqi l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Certainly the creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of men; but most men know it not.
- Muhammad Asad
- Greater indeed than the creation of man is the creation of the heavens and the earth: yet most men do not understand [what this implies].
- Sahih International
- The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَخَلْقُlakhalqu | Surely, (the) creation | خلق |
| 2 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 3 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 4 | أَكْبَرُakbaru | (is) greater | كبر |
| 5 | مِنْmin | than | — |
| 6 | خَلْقِkhalqi | (the) creation | خلق |
| 7 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the mankind | نوس |
| 8 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 9 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most | كثر |
| 10 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس |
| 11 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 12 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |