Al-Ghashiyah Verse 17

Do they not ever reflect on camels—how they were ˹masterfully˺ created;[[ Another possible translation: “Do they not ever reflect on rainclouds—how they are formed?”]]

Do they not reflect on the camel, how it is created;

What, do they not consider how the camel was created,

Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed,

Look they not at the camels, how they are created?

Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-

Do (these unbelievers) not observe the camels: how they were created?

Do they not then ponder how the clouds were formed;

So do they not see the camel – how it has been created?

Do they not observe the camel, [to see] how it has been created?

Do they not consider the camels, how they are created?

Do the people not then look at the clouds and the camels, how they are made,

Do they not look/wonder about to the camels how it was created?

So do they not see the camel – how it has been created?

Do they not look then at the camel, how she is created?

Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?

And the heaven, how it is raised high?

Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

Have they not looked at how the camel is created,

What, do they not reflect upon how the camel was created?

Do they not look at the camels, how they are created

Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created,

Do they not look at the camels—how they are created?

Will they, the Meccan disbelievers, not consider, by way of reflection, the camels, how they are created?

The Exhortation to look at the Creation of the Camel, the Heaven, the Mountains and the Earth

Allah commands His servants to look at His creations that prove His power and greatness. He says,

أَفَلَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الاِْبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ




Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?

Indeed it is an amazing creation, and the way it has been fashioned is strange. For it is extremely powerful and strong, yet gentle, carrying heavy loads. It allows itself to be guided by a weak rider. It is eaten, benefit is derived from its hair, and its milk is drunk. They are reminded of this because the most common domestic animal of the Arabs was the camel.

وَإِلَى السَّمَاء كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ