An-Nazi'at (Those Who Drag Forth)
Verse 27of 46
ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا﴿٢٧﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Word-by-word meaning
ءَأَنتُمْa-antumAre you
أَشَدُّashaddua more difficult
خَلْقًاkhalqancreation
أَمِamior
ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚl-samāuthe heaven
بَنَىٰهَاbanāhāHe constructed it
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Creating the Heavens and the Earth is more difficult than repeating Creationin 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.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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