36. Surah Ya Sin (O Thou Human Being)

Mecca 41

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

أَوَلَيْسَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم...   

36: 81.  "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof?" --

C4027. Cf. 79:27.

Which is the more difficult to create,- man, or the heavens and the earth, with all creatures?

Allah created the heavens and the earth, with all creatures, and He can create worlds and worlds like these in infinity. To Him it is small matter to raise you up for the Hereafter.

... بَلَى وَهُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨١﴾

Yea,

indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge (infinite)!

Asad’s Version:

36:81 Is, then, He who has created the heavens and the earth not able to create [anew] the like of those [who have died]? Yea, indeed - for He alone is the all-knowing Creator: