Surah Al-Insan (الانسان) • The Man

Quran 76:28

76:28

نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīlan

We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

— Saheeh International

Yet We created them; We strengthened their constitution; if We please, We can replace such people completely.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is We Who created them, and We have made them of strong built. And when We will, We can replace them with others like them with a complete replacement.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
خَلَقْنَـٰهُمْkhalaqnāhumcreated them
وَشَدَدْنَآwashadadnāand We strengthened
أَسْرَهُمْۖasrahumtheir forms
وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
شِئْنَاshi'nāWe will
بَدَّلْنَآbaddalnāWe can change
أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْamthālahumtheir likeness[es]
تَبْدِيلًاtabdīlan(with) a change