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Surah Al-Insan, Verse 28

سورة الانسان، الآية ٢٨

76:28 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 580 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 76:28

نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا ۝٢٨

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

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Verse 28 of Surah Al-Insan (76:28), a Medinan surah, is in juz 29, on page 580 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 28

Al-Mukhtasar

I have created them and strengthened their creation by giving strength in their joints, limbs etc. And if I wanted to destroy them and replace them with people like them, I would have done so.

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Other translations of verse 28

It is We Who created them and strengthened their build. If We will, We can replace them with others like them.

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.

We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.

It is We Who created them, and We have made their joints strong; but, when We will, We can substitute the like of them by a complete change.

We created them and made firm their make, and when We please We will bring in their place the likes of them by a change.

We, Ever We, created them, and We have upheld their frames; and when We (so) decide, We will exchange their likes, an (easy) exchange.

Verse 28 word by word

  1. نَّحْنُ naḥnu We
  2. خَلَقْنَٰهُمْ khalaqnāhum created them خ ل ق
  3. وَشَدَدْنَآ washadadnā and We strengthened ش د د
  4. أَسْرَهُمْ asrahum their forms أ س ر
  5. وَإِذَا wa-idhā and when
  6. شِئْنَا shi'nā We will ش ي أ
  7. بَدَّلْنَآ baddalnā We can change ب د ل
  8. أَمْثَٰلَهُمْ amthālahum their likeness[es] م ث ل
  9. تَبْدِيلًا tabdīlan (with) a change ب د ل

Verses related to verse 28

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Nisa 4:133

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allāh competent to do that.

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