11 Preface فَاستَفتِهِم أَهُم أَشَدُّ خَلقًا أَم مَن خَلَقنا ۚ إِنّا خَلَقناهُم مِن طينٍ لازِبٍAli Quli QaraiAsk them, is their creation more prodigious1 or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed We created them from a viscous clay. Or ‘more tough’ (or strong), or ‘more difficult.’ Cf. 79:27.