Verse 37:14 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
10
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ ١٠
illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibu
if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame
11
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَاۤۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰهُم مِّن طِینࣲ لَّازِبِۭ ١١
fa-is'taftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnin lāzibi
So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay
12
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَیَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢
bal ʿajib'ta wayaskharūn
You marvel as they scoff
13
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ لَا یَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣
wa-idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn
take no heed when they are warned
14
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡا۟ ءَایَةࣰ یَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤
wa-idhā ra-aw āyatan yastaskhirūn
and resort to ridicule when they see a sign
15
وَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا سِحۡرࣱ مُّبِینٌ ١٥
waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnu
saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
16
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn
‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again
17
أَوَ ءَابَاۤؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ١٧
awaābāunā l-awalūn
along with our forefathers?’
18
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَ ٰخِرُونَ ١٨
qul naʿam wa-antum dākhirūn
Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’
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