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Al-Ma'arij 39

Ayah 39 of 44 · Meccan

كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩

No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., a liquid disdained. So how can they expect to enter Paradise except by the will of their Creator?

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كـَلَّآۖBy no meanskallā
  2. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  3. خَلَقۡنَٰهُم[We] have created themkhalaqnāhum
  4. مِّمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  5. يَعۡلَمُونَthey knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

It is not as they imagine. Indeed, I created them from what they know: I created them from a contemptible fluid, and they are weak: they are incapable of bringing benefit or harm for themselves, so how could they be arrogant?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran