فَسْ تَفْ تِ هِمْ اَهُمْ
اَ هُمْ اَشَدُّ
اَشَدّ دُ خَلْقًا
خَلْ قُنْ اَمْ
اَمّ مَّنْ
مَنْ خَلَقْنَا ؕ
خَ لَقْ نَا اِنَّا
اِنّ نَا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ
خَ لَقْ نَا هُمّ مِّنْ
مِنْ طِیْنٍ
طِىْ نِلّ لَّازِبٍ
لَا زِبْ
So ask them ˹O Prophet˺, which is harder to create: them or other marvels of Our creation?1 Indeed, We created them from a sticky clay.2
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
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.
— Saheeh International