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Verse (37:11) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eleventh verse of chapter 37 (sūrat l-ṣāfāt). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (37) sūrat l-ṣāfāt (Those Ranges in Ranks)

Sahih International: Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

Pickthall: 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.

Yusuf Ali: 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!

Shakir: Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.

Muhammad Sarwar: (Muhammad), ask them, "Have they (people) been created stronger than what We have created?" We have created them from moist clay.

Mohsin Khan: Then ask them (i.e. these polytheists, O Muhammad SAW): "Are they stronger as creation, or those (others like the heavens and the earth and the mountains, etc.) whom We have created?" Verily, We created them of a sticky clay.

Arberry: So ask them for a pronouncement -- Are they stronger in constitution, or those We created? We created them of clinging clay.

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