Quran 76:28 — Al-Insaan, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet We created them; We strengthened their constitution; if We please, We can replace such people completely.
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا
naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We created them, and We strengthened their joints; and, when We will, We shall exchange their likes.
- Muhammad Asad
- [They will not admit to themselves that] it We who have created them and strengthened their make - and [that] if it be Our will We can replace them entirely with others of their kind.
- Sahih International
- We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَـٰهُمْkhalaqnāhum | created them | خلق |
| 3 | وَشَدَدْنَآwashadadnā | and We strengthened | شدد |
| 4 | أَسْرَهُمْ ۖasrahum | their forms | أسر |
| 5 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | and when | — |
| 6 | شِئْنَاshi'nā | We will | شيأ |
| 7 | بَدَّلْنَآbaddalnā | We can change | بدل |
| 8 | أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْamthālahum | their likeness[es] | مثل |
| 9 | تَبْدِيلًاtabdīlan | (with) a change | بدل |