Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ
Khalaqa al-insana min nutfatinfa-itha huwa khaseemun mubeen
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1khalaqaHe createdخلق
2l-insānathe human kindانس
3minfrom
4nuṭ'fatina minute quantity of semenنطف
5fa-idhāthen behold
6huwahe
7khaṣīmun(is) an opponentخصم
8mubīnunclearبين
  • Aisha Bewley

    He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger!

  • Progressive Muslims

    He created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    He created the human being out of male and female gametes. They should be humble before their Creator's Messages instead of being contentious.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    He has created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He created the human being from a seed, but then he becomes a clear opponent.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He created the human from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent opponent.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender.

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

    He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.

  • Muhammad Asad

    He creates man out of a drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    He created the Adamite from a constituent part of fluid that is emitted*, yet he -the Adamite- is more ready to argue than to obey. He brings forward reasons against Allah with a strong, capacious and argumentative mind.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    He has created mankind from a tiny embryo; how funny of this insignificant creature to turn against his own soul and challenge his Creator.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer!

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    He created humans from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Him˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly.

  • Abdul Haleem

    He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    He created man of a sperm-drop; and, behold, he is a manifest adversary.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    He created man from a clot; and yet, behold, he is an open opponent!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    He created man from a drop (of sperm); and yet, behold, he is an open opponent!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    He created man of a sperm-drop; yet, (behold) how he is an evident adversary.

  • George Sale

    He hath created man of seed; and yet behold, he is a professed disputer against the resurrection.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    He has created man from a drop of semen (sperm); And look this same (man) becomes an open challenger (about the creation)!

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    He has created human being from a mere drop of fluid, (a small life germ) then look! what a perspicuous and sound debater he has turned out to be.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    He created man from a drop of fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!