Quran 50:15 — Qaaf, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So were We incapable of the first creation? No indeed! Yet they doubt a second creation.
أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ
afaʿayīnā bil-khalqi l-awali bal hum fī labsin min khalqin jadīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, were We wearied by the first creation? No indeed; but they are in uncertainty as to the new creation.
- Muhammad Asad
- Could We, then, be [thought of as being] worn out by the first creation? Nay - but some people are [still] lost in doubt about [the possibility of] a new creation!
- Sahih International
- Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَعَيِينَاafaʿayīnā | Were We then tired | عيي |
| 2 | بِٱلْخَلْقِbil-khalqi | with the creation | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلْأَوَّلِ ۚl-awali | the first | أول |
| 4 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 5 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 6 | فِىfī | (are) in | — |
| 7 | لَبْسٍۢlabsin | doubt | لبس |
| 8 | مِّنْmin | about | — |
| 9 | خَلْقٍۢkhalqin | a creation | خلق |
| 10 | جَدِيدٍۢjadīdin | new | جدد |