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As-Saffat 11

Ayah 11 of 182 · Meccan

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ ١١

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡThen ask themfa-is'taftihim
  2. أَهُمۡAre theyahum
  3. أَشَدُّa strongerashaddu
  4. خَلۡقًاcreationkhalqan
  5. أَمoram
  6. مَّنۡ(those) whomman
  7. خَلَقۡنَآۚWe have createdkhalaqnā
  8. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  9. خَلَقۡنَٰهُمcreated themkhalaqnāhum
  10. مِّنfrommin
  11. طِينٖa clayṭīnin
  12. لَّازِبِۭstickylāzibin

Tafsir

O Muhammad! So ask the disbelievers who reject the resurrection: “Are you harder to create, and greater in form than other things that Allah has created from the heavens, the earth and the angels?” Indeed, Allah created them from sticky clay, so how could they deny the resurrection when they were created from such a weak substance?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran