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Sura 40
Aya 57
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لَخَلقُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ أَكبَرُ مِن خَلقِ النّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَ النّاسِ لا يَعلَمونَ

Muhammad Asad

Greater indeed than the creation of man is the creation of the heavens and the earth:1 yet most men do not understand [what this implies].
  • I.e., of the universe as a whole. By stressing the fact that man is only a small, insignificant part of the universe, the Qur'an points out the absurdity of the man-centred world-view alluded to in the preceding verse.