Surah 79 · verse 27
An-Nazi'at 79:27
Sign in to listenأَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
'a-antum ashadd khalqan am as-sama' banaha
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
Verse 25فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ
So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
Verse 26إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ
Indeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
أَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ السَّمَاءُ ۚ بَنَاهَا
Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّاهَا
He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
Verse 29وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَاهَا
And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.
Verse 30وَالْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
And after that He spread the earth.
