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Qur’an 79:27 An-Nazi'at, verse 27

ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚ بَنَىٰهَا

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
An-Nazi'at (79)
Verse
27 of 46
Revealed
Makki
Juz
30
Mushaf page
584

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
ءَأَنتُمْa-antumAre you
أَشَدُّashaddua more difficultش د د
خَلْقًاkhalqancreationخ ل ق
أَمِamior
ٱلسَّمَآءُ ۚl-samāuthe heavenس م و
بَنَىٰهَاbanāhāHe constructed itب ن ي

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 79:27 in An-Nazi'at.

  • 79:25فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓSo Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].
  • 79:26إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓIndeed in that is a warning for whoever would fear [Allah].
  • 79:28رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَاHe raised its ceiling and proportioned it.
  • 79:29وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَاAnd He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

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