37. Safat · verses 9–13

دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ

Duhooran walahum AAathabun wasibun

Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,

إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ

Illa man khatifa alkhatfata faatbaAAahu shihabun thaqibun

Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ

Faistaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqna inna khalaqnahum min teenin lazibin

Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay!

بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ

Bal AAajibta wayaskharoona

Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,

وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ

Waitha thukkiroo la yathkuroona

And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-