As-Saaffaat 37:11
Those drawn up in Ranks · ayah 11 of 182
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَهُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَم مَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٍۢ لَّازِبٍۭ
Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan amman khalaqna inna khalaqnahum min teeninlazib
"Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay."
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay."
Pickthall (classic)+
"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 (classic)+
"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!"