ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- உங்களைப் படைத்தல் கடினமா? அல்லது வானத்தை (படைத்தல் கடினமா?) அதை அவனே படைத்தான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- මැවීමට දුෂ්කර වන්නේ නුඹලා ද නැතහොත් අහස ද? එය ඔහු(අල්ලාහ්) නිර්මාණය කළේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کیا تمہارا پیدا کرنا زیاده دشوار ہے یا آسمان کا ؟ اللہ تعالیٰ نے اسے بنایا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたは（かれが）うち建てられた天（の創造）が，あなたがたを創ることより難しいとでも思うのか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你们是更难造的呢？还是天是更难造的呢？他曾建造了天，
Tafsir of 79:27
Creating the Heavens and the Earth is more difficult than repeating Creation in refutation of the claim rejecting resurrection due to the renewal of creation after its original state, Allah says; ءَأَنتُمْ (Are you) `O people' أَشَدُّ خَلْقاً أَمِ السَّمَآءُ (more difficult to create or is the heaven...) meaning, `rather the heaven is more difficult to create than you.' As Allah said; لَخَلْقُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ (the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind;) (40:57) And His saying; أَوَلَيْسَ الَذِى خَلَقَ السَّمَوتِ وَالاٌّرْضَ بِقَدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَى وَهُوَ الْخَلَّقُ الْعَلِيمُ (Is not the One Who created the heavens and the earth, capable of creating the similar to them. Yes, indeed! He is the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing.) (36:81) Then Allah says, بَنَهَا (He constructed) He explains this by His statement, رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا (He raised its height, and has perfected it.) meaning, He made it a lofty structure, vast in its space, with equal sides, and adorned with stars at night and in the darkness.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
