Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.
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{ فاستفتهم } استخبر كفار مكة تقريرا أو توبيخا { أهم أشد خلقا أم من خلقنا } من الملائكة والسماوات والأرضين وما فيهما وفي الإتيان بمن تغليب العقلاء { إنا خلقناهم } أي أصلهم آدم { من طين لازب } لازم يلصق باليد: المعنى أن خلقهم ضعيف فلا يتكبروا بإنكار النبي والقرآن المؤدي إلى هلاكهم اليسير .
{So ask them} Ask the disbelievers of Mecca, either to confirm or to rebuke them, {Are they stronger in creation or those We have created?} of the angels, the heavens, the earths and what is in them. And in bringing those who are given precedence to the rational ones. {Indeed, We created them} that is, their origin is Adam, {from sticky clay} sticky, which sticks to the hand: The meaning is that their creation is weak, so do not be arrogant by denying the Prophet and the Qur’an, which leads to their easy destruction.
