Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And made of it two kinds, the male and the female.

فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۜ
FajaAAala minhu azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
#wordmeaningroot
1fajaʿalaThen madeجعل
2min'huof him
3l-zawjaynitwo kindsزوج
4l-dhakara(the) maleذكر
5wal-unthāand the femaleانث
  • Aisha Bewley

    making from it both sexes, male and female?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Then He made the two pairs, male and female.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And He has made of humans pairs, male and female.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And made of it two kinds, the male and the female.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Then He made from it the pair, the male and the female.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Then He made the two pairs, male and female.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He made it into male or female!

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And assigned it sexes, male and female.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and fashioned out of it the two sexes, the male and the female?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And made of him a pair, the male and female.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and then He made of him a pair, male and female?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    and from this male seed "sperm" did He make the two sex divisions of organic beings the male and the female.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    And then God determined the sex of the unborn baby.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And made of him two sexes, male and female.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And of him He made two sexes, male and female.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    producing from it both sexes, male and female.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and made from him two kinds, male and female.

  • Abdul Haleem

    fashioning from it the two sexes, male and female?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and He made of him two kinds, male and female.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and made of him pairs, male and female.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So He made him of two spouses, the male and the female.

  • George Sale

    And made of him two sexes, the male and the female.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    He made two sexes, male and female of him.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Then He made of him a pair, the male and the female.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and made of him the two sexes, the male and the female.