# 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 19 - **Surah:** 80. Surah 'Abasa (He frowned) — سورة عبس - **Verse:** 19 / 42 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 584 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-19 ## Arabic مِنْ نُطْفَةٍۜ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُۙ ## Transcription Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him. ### Progressive Muslims From a seed He created him and moulded him. ### Shabbir Ahmed From the male and the female gametes He created him, and then fashioned him in due proportion. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation From a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him; ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation From a seed He created him and molded him. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament From a tiny drop, He creates him and designs him. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; ### Muhammad Asad Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, ### Marmaduke Pickthall From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Out of a sperm-drop[1] did He create him and then determined a measure for him,[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] That is, let him first consider out of what he was created, where he was nourished and developed, by what way he came into the world, and from what helpless state he began his life in the world. Why does he forget his such beginning and becomes involved in conceit and haughtiness and why does he feel so puffed up as to resist his Creator and stand before Him as an adversary? (The same theme has been expressed in( Surah YaSeen, Ayats 77-78). - [2] That is, he was yet developing and taking shape in his mother’s womb when his destiny was set for him. It was determined what would be his sex, his color, his size; the extent and volume of his body, the extent to which his limbs would be sound or unsound, his appearance and voice, the degree of physical strength and mental endowments, what would be the land, the family, the conditions and environments in which he would take birth, develop and be molded into a specific person, what would be the hereditary influences and effects of the surroundings and the role and impact of his own self in the make-up of his personality, the part he would play in his life of the world, and how long he would be allowed to function on the earth. He cannot swerve even a hair-breadth from his destiny, nor can effect the slightest alteration in it. Then, how strange is his daring and stubbornness! He commits disbelief of the Creator before Whose destiny he is so helpless and powerless. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab From a seed in fluid emitted did He create him and animate, and his dimensions and his life span, his provisions and his lot did He determine, and his intellect did He actuate. * ### Bijan Moeinian What is he proud of? He is being created of a tiny sperm [that thousands of them hardly fill the top of a needle!] ### Al-Hilali & Khan From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development. ### Taqi Usmani from a drop of semen! He created him, and designed him in due proportion, ### Abdul Haleem He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him, ### Arthur John Arberry Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him, ### E. Henry Palmer Of a clot. He created him and fated him; ### Hamid S. Aziz Of a small seed; He created him, then gave him due proportions, ### Mahmoud Ghali Of a sperm drop He created him; so He determined him. ### George Sale Of a drop of seed doth He create him; and He formeth him with proportion; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed From a sperm-drop has He (Allah) created him, and then (He) makes him in proper size and shape; ### Amatul Rahman Omar From a mere sperm-drop! He (at first) creates him, then endows him with infinite capacity (to make progress), ### Ali Quli Qarai He has created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and then proportioned him. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Bir nutfeden yarattı onu; tabiatını oluşturdu! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Bir damla sudan yarattı da onu 'bir ölçüyle biçime soktu.' ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Allah onu nereden yaratmış? Onu meniden yaratıp ona biçim vermiştir. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Az bir sudan (meniden). Onu yarattı ve ona ölçülü bir şekil verdi. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bir nutfeden, yarattı da onu biçimine koydu ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Bir damla sudan yarattı da biçimine koydu onu. ### Gültekin Onan Bir damla sudan yarattı da onu 'bir ölçüyle biçime soktu'. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Bir damla sudan yaratdı da onu biçimine koydu. ### İbni Kesir Meniden yarattı onu da, takdir etti. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Bir sperm damlasından yaratır ve sonra onun tabiatını oluşturur; ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Bir sperm damlasından onu yaratıp, güçlendirdi. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Nutfe (sperm)den. Onu yarattı, ona biçim verdi. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Bir spermden! Yarattı onu, ölçülendirip biçimlendirdi onu. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an (Elbette) basit bir hayat tohumundan. Önce yarattı, ardında ona takdir yeteneği bahşetti; ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bir nutfeden! Sonra da ona kader takdir etti.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Ölçülendirip, biçimlendirdi. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Bir damlacıktan yarattı ve ölçülü bir biçim verdi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Döllenmiş yumurtadan değil mi? Yarattı ve sonra ölçüsünü belirledi[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] Ayette geçen فقدره sözü, kaderini belirledi diye tercüme edilebilir. Kader, ölçü demektir. Kaderini belirlemek, ölçüsünü belirlemektir. Her insanın sahip olduğu ölçüler, ana rahminde belirlenir. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Bir nutfeden (zigottan) yaratıp ona şekil verir. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Bir nutfeden yarattı. Sonra da ona kader takdir etti.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Ölçülendirip, biçimlendirdi. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Bir nutfeden yarattı. Sonra da ona kader takdir etti.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Ölçülendirip, biçimlendirdi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Döllenmiş yumurtadan… Onu yarattı[1], ardından ölçüsünü belirledi[2]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Nahl 16/4,](https://quran.so/16/4) [Yasin 36/77,](https://quran.so/36/77) [İnsan 76/2.](https://quran.so/76/2) - [2] [Mürselat 77/20](https://quran.so/77/20)-[23.](https://quran.so/77/23) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | مِن — min | From | — | | 2 | نُّطْفَةٍ — nuṭ'fatin | a semen-drop | نطف — Nun-Ta-Fe | | 3 | خَلَقَهُۥ — khalaqahu | He created him | خلق — Kh-Lam-Kaf | | 4 | فَقَدَّرَهُۥ — faqaddarahu | then He proportioned him | قدر — Kaf-Dal-Ra | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-18.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-20.md Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.