أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلۡخَلۡقِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي لَبۡسٖ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ١٥
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَفَعَيِينَاWere We then tiredafaʿayīnā
- بِٱلۡخَلۡقِwith the creationbil-khalqi
- ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚthe firstl-awali
- بَلۡNaybal
- هُمۡtheyhum
- فِي(are) infī
- لَبۡسٖdoubtlabsin
- مِّنۡaboutmin
- خَلۡقٖa creationkhalqin
- جَدِيدٖnewjadīdin
Tafsir
Am I then incapable of having created you in the first instance, that I am incapable of resurrecting you? Rather, they are in confusion about a new creation after their previous creation.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran