Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or the others We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
As-Saffat 37:11
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فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمْ مَنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ طِينٍ لَازِبٍ
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Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or the others We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
So ask them: "Is it harder to create them, or the others We created?" We created them from sticky clay.
So ask them: Are they harder to create, or the others We created? We created them from sticky clay.
So ask them: are they harder to create, or those We have created? We created them from sticky clay.
Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or those We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
Inquire of them, “Are they more difficult to create, or those We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
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.
Then ask them (i.e. these polytheists, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Are they stronger as creation, or those (others like the heavens and the earth and the mountains) whom We have created?" Verily, We created them of a sticky clay.
So ask them, “Are they more difficult to create or other things We created? We created them from sticky clay.
Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!
Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
So, ask those who deny the truth if it was harder to create them than all the other things We have created? We created them from sticky clay.
So ask them (that is, human beings): “Were they harder to create than the objects We created?” We created them from sticky clay.
Ask them, is their creation more prodigious or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed, We created them from a viscous clay.
Faistaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqna inna khalaqnahum min teenin lazibin