Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And He it is that produced you from one soul, then a dwelling-place and a repository. And We have set out and detailed the proofs for people who understand.

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌۜ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَـهُونَ
Wahuwa allathee anshaakum min nafsinwahidatin famustaqarrun wamustawdaAAun qad fassalnaal-ayati liqawmin yafqahoon
#wordmeaningroot
1wahuwaAnd He
2alladhī(is) the One Who
3ansha-akum(has) produced youنشا
4minfrom
5nafsina soulنفس
6wāḥidatinsingleوحد
7famus'taqarrunso (there is) a place of dwellingقرر
8wamus'tawdaʿunand a resting placeودع
9qadCertainly
10faṣṣalnāWe have made clearفصل
11l-āyātithe Signsايي
12liqawminfor a peopleقوم
13yafqahūna(who) understandفقه
  • Aisha Bewley

    It is He Who first produced you from a single self, then from a resting-place and a repository. We have made the Signs clear for people who understand.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And He is the One who initiated you from one person; with a place for stability and development. We have explained the signs to a people who comprehend.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And He it is Who initiated you from a single life cell. Then in the process of evolution He appointed stages, from one station to the next destination. (Thus goes on the journey of life here and in the Hereafter (11:6). We have explained Our Laws for people who will learn and understand.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And He it is that produced you from one soul, then a dwelling-place and a repository. And We have set out and detailed the proofs for people who understand.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And He is the One who initiated you from one person; with a place for stability and development. We have explained the signs to a people who understand.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He is the One who initiated you from one person; secured and reposited. We have explained the signs to a people who comprehend.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He initiated you from one person, and decided your path, as well as your final destiny. We thus clarify the revelations for people who understand.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    It is He who produced you from a single cell, and appointed a place of sojourning, (the womb of the mother), and a place of depositing, (the grave). How clear have We made Our signs for those who understand.

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

    And it is He who produced you from one soul and a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And He it is who has brought you into being out of one living entity, and a time-limit and a resting-place : clearly, indeed, have We spelled out these messages unto people who can grasp the truth!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And He it is Who hath produced you from a single being, and (hath given you) a habitation and a repository. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who have understanding.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    It is He Who created you out of a single being,* and appointed for each of you a time-limit and a resting place. We have indeed spelled out Our signs for those who can understand.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And He is it who brought you into being from one single soul* then He ordained your prototype in the seed** and He made the earth your destined habitation*** where you live a life that deserves the name until the encounter with death when you are deposited in the graves and in due course be reclaimed for Judgement. We have expounded and distinctly expressed Our revelations to people who comprehend the facts.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    God is the One Who originated you from a single being. He then put you in your own way and appointed a destiny for you. See how I make my points to those who think.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and has given you a place of residing (on the earth or in your mother’s wombs) and a place of storage . Indeed, We have explained in detail Our revelations (this Qur’ân) for people who understand.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And He is the One Who originated you all from a single soul, then assigned you a place to live and another to ˹be laid to˺ rest. We have already made the signs clear for people who comprehend.

  • Taqi Usmani

    He is the One who created you from one person, then, you have a place to dwell and a place to sojourn. We have elaborated the signs for the people who understand.

  • Abdul Haleem

    It is He who first produced you from a single soul, then gave you a place to stay and a resting place . We have made Our revelations clear to those who understand.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    It is He who produced you from one living soul, and then a lodging-place, and then a repository. We have distinguished the signs for a people who understand.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    He it is who made you spring from one soul, and gave you a settlement and a depository. Now have we detailed the signs unto a people who discern.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    He it is who made you spring from one soul, and gave you a settlement and a depository (or a temporary and a permanent residence). Now have We detailed the signs unto a people who have discerning.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And He is (The One) Who brought you into being from one self, then (for you is) a repository, then a depository. We (On the earth, then in the grave) have already expounded the signs for a people who comprehend.

  • George Sale

    And He it is Who has produced you from a single soul and there is for you a temporary resort and a permanent abode. We have explained the Signs in detail for a people who understand.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    It is He Who has produced you from a single person (Adam)! Here (this world) is a place of stop-over and (also) a place of departure: We present Our Signs for people who understand.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    It is He Who has evolved you from one living entity, then (He provided for you) a permanent abode (from the grave to the final abode of bliss) and a temporary lodging (from the loins of the father to the grave). Verily, We have explained (Our) signs in detail for a people who would understand.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It is He who created you from a single soul, then there is the abode and the place of temporary lodging. We have certainly elaborated the signs for a people who understand.