Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Created man from a clinging thing.

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ
Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaq
#wordmeaningroot
1khalaqaHe createdخلق
2l-insānamanانس
3minfrom
4ʿalaqina clinging substanceعلق
  • Aisha Bewley

    created man from clots of blood.

  • Progressive Muslims

    He created man from a clot.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Created man from a zygote.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Created man from a clinging thing.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    He created man from an embryo.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He created the human being from an embryo.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He created man from an embryo.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Created man from an embryo;

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

    Created man from a clinging substance.

  • Muhammad Asad

    created man out of a germ-cell

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Createth man from a clot.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    created man from a clot of congealed blood.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    He created man from a clinging organism – See introduction

  • Bijan Moeinian

    God is the One Who created you from a small piece of thick blood (tiny embryo).

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    He has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    created humans from a clinging clot.

  • Taqi Usmani

    He created man from a clot of blood.

  • Abdul Haleem

    He created manfrom a clinging form.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    created Man of a blood-clot.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Who created man from congealed blood!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Created man from a clot!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Created man from clots.

  • George Sale

    who hath created man of congealed blood.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Created man, out of a (mere) clot of thickened blood:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Who (also) created human being from a clot of blood.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    created man from a clinging mass.