Surah Qaf 50:15 — translation and meaning

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ۚ أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

Word by Word

ۚ
أَفَعَيِينَا
afa'ayina
Were We then tired
بِالْخَلْقِ
bil-khalqi
with the creation
الْأَوَّلِ
al-awali
the first
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُمْ
hum
they
فِي
fi
(are) in
لَبْسٍ
labsin
doubt
مِّنْ
min
about
خَلْقٍ
khalqin
a creation
جَدِيدٍ
jadidin
new

Transliteration

Afa'a yeenaa bilkhalqil awwal; bal hum fee labsim min khalqin jadeed

Translation

Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Am I then incapable of having created you in the first instance, that I am incapable of resurrecting you? Rather, they are in confusion about a new creation after their previous creation.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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