فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍۭ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- 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.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- ஆகவே, "படைப்பால் அவர்கள் வலியவர்களா அல்லது நாம் படைத்திருக்கும் (வானம், பூமி போன்றவையா) என்று (நிராகரிப்போரிடம் நபியே!) நீர் கேட்பீராக! நிச்சயமாக நாம் அவர்களைப் பிசுபிசுப்பன களிமண்ணால்தான் படைத்திருக்கின்றோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “මැවීමෙන් වඩාත් බලවත් වන්නේ ඔවුන් ද එසේ නැතහොත් අපි මවා ඇති දෑ දැ” යි ඔවුන්ගෙන් ඔබ විමසනු. නියත වශයෙන් අපි ඔවුන් ඇලෙනසුළු මැටියෙන් මැව්වෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ان کافروں سے پوچھو تو کہ آیا ان کا پیدا کرنا زیاده دشوار ہے یا (ان کا) جنہیں ہم نے (ان کے علاوه) پیدا کیا ؟ ہم نے (انسانوں) کو لیس دار مٹی سے پیدا کیا ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれら（マッカの多神教徒）に問え。「かれらとわれの創った者（天使）のどちらが強く創られているか。」われはもともと，粘りのある泥でかれらを創ったのである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你问他们吧！究竟是他们更难造呢？还是我所创造的更难造呢？我确已用粘泥创造了他们。
Tafsir of 37:11
The Certainty of Life after Death Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that these things were harder to create than they were. If this is the case, then why do they deny the resurrection, when they see things that are greater than that which they deny As Allah says: لَخَلْقُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ (The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not) (40:57) Then Allah explains that they were created from something weak, as He says: إِنَّا خَلَقْنَهُم مِّن طِينٍ لاَّزِبٍ (Verily, We created them of a sticky clay.) Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ad-Dahhak said, "This is the useful kind of mud which sticks to itself." Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and `Ikrimah said, "It is sticky and useful." Qatadah said, "It is that which sticks to the hand." بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخُرُونَ (Nay, you wondered while they mock.) means,…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
