Surah 37 · verse 11
As-Saffat 37:11
Sign in to listenفَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍ
fa-staftihim ahum ashadd khalqan am man khalaqna inna khalaqnahum min tinin lazib
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.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ
[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,
Verse 9دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ
Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,
Verse 10إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُم مِّن طِينٍ لَّازِبٍ
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.
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ
But you wonder, while they mock,
Verse 13وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا لَا يَذْكُرُونَ
And when they are reminded, they remember not.
Verse 14وَإِذَا رَأَوْا آيَةً يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
And when they see a sign, they ridicule