Quran 79:27 — An-Naazi'aat, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Which is harder to create: you people or the sky that He built,
أَأَنْتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
a-antum ashaddu khalqan ami l-samāu banāhā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built?
- Muhammad Asad
- [O MEN!] Are you more difficult to create than the heaven which He has built?
- Sahih International
- Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ءَأَنتُمْa-antum | Are you | — |
| 2 | أَشَدُّashaddu | a more difficult | شدد |
| 3 | خَلْقًاkhalqan | creation | خلق |
| 4 | أَمِami | or | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚl-samāu | the heaven | سمو |
| 6 | بَنَىٰهَاbanāhā | He constructed it | بني |