Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And that He created the two kinds — the male and the female —

وَاَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْاُنْثٰىۙ
Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha
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1wa-annahuAnd that He
2khalaqacreatedخلق
3l-zawjaynithe pairsزوج
4l-dhakarathe maleذكر
5wal-unthāand the femaleانث
  • Aisha Bewley

    that He created the two sexes – male and female –

  • Progressive Muslims

    And He is the One who created the pair, male and female.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    - viii And that He it is Who creates the two companions, the male and the female (pairs and opposites among His creation).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And that He created the two kinds — the male and the female —

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And He is the One who has created the pair, the male and the female.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He is the One who created the pair, male and female.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He is the One who created the two kinds, male and female

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    That He created pairs, male and female,

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

    And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

  • Muhammad Asad

    and that it is He who creates the two kinds - the male and the female –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and He it is Who created the two kinds, the male and the female,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And that it is He Who created the two sex divisions of organic beings and distinguished them as male and female.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Know that God is the One Who has created male….

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And that He (Allâh) creates the pairs, male and female,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    That He did create in pairs,- male and female,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And He created the pairs—males and females—

  • Taqi Usmani

    and that He creates the pairs, male and female,

  • Abdul Haleem

    that He Himself created the two sexes, male and female,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and that He Himself created the two kinds, male and female,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and that He created pairs, male and female,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And that He created pairs, the male and the female

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And that He created the two pairs, the male and the female,

  • George Sale

    and that He createth the two sexes, the male and the female,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And that He created in pairs— Male and female,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And that He Himself created the two species - male and female;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and that it is He who created the mates, the male and the female,