# 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 77 - **Surah:** 36. Surah Ya-Sin (Ya-Sin) — سورة يس - **Verse:** 77 / 83 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 444 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-77 ## Arabic اَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ ## Transcription Awa lam yara al-insanu annakhalaqnahu min nutfatin fa-itha huwa khaseemunmubeen ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet there he is, an open antagonist! ### Progressive Muslims Has man not seen that We have created him from a seed, that he would become a clear enemy ### Shabbir Ahmed Does not man realize that We created him from male and female gametes? Yet, behold, he stands forth as an open contender of Truth! ('Nutfah' = Gamete, male or female). ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation Has man not considered that We created him from a sperm-drop? And then is he an open disputant. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Has man not seen that We have created him from a seed, but he then becomes a clear opponent? ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Does the human being not see that we created him from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent enemy? ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Does not man see We created him from a drop of semen? Even then he becomes an open contender, ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary? ### Muhammad Asad IS MAN, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a [mere] drop of sperm - whereupon, lo! he shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue? ### Marmaduke Pickthall Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Does[1] man not see that We created him of a sperm drop, and lo! he is flagrantly contentious?[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] Here the disbelievers’ question cited in (verse 48) above, is being answered by reason and argument. The question: When will the threat of Resurrection be carried out? had not been asked with a view to find out the exact date of the coming of the Hereafter. But they asked it because they thought it was impossible, rather irrational, that human beings would be raised back to life after death. That is why, in reply to their question, arguments are being given for the possibility of the Hereafter. According to the traditions related by Ibn Abbas, Qatadah and Said bin Jubair, one of the chiefs of Makkah, on this occasion, came up with a rotten bone of a dead person, from the graveyard. He broke and crushed it into pieces before the Prophet (peace be upon him) and scattering its particles in the air, said: O Muhammad, you say that the dead will be raised back to life. Tell us who will give life to these decayed and rotten bones? The answer was given immediately in the form of these verses. - [2] That is, We caused the sperm-drop which contained nothing but the basic germ of life to develop to an extent that it started moving and eating like the animals. Furthermore, it has developed such powers of intellect and reasoning and disputation and speech, which are not possessed by any animal; so much so that now he dares stand up as an adversary before his Creator! ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Does man not perceive mentally and by visual tokens that We brought him into being from a seed -the constituent part of emitted fluid!- Yet he sets himself against Allah and displays his thought in his actions. ### Bijan Moeinian Do these disbelievers not think about their creation. I created them from an insignificant sperm drop and now [that I have showered them with my blessings] they dare to challenge their Lord like an enemy of theirs? ### Al-Hilali & Khan Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge - semen drops). Yet behold he (stands forth) as an open opponent. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary! ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Do people not see that We have created them from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Us˺? ### Taqi Usmani Did man not see that We have created him from a drop of semen? Then suddenly he stood as an open adversary (to Us). ### Abdul Haleem Can man not see that We created him from a drop of fluid? Yet- lo and behold!- he disputes openly, ### Arthur John Arberry Has not man regarded how that We created him of a sperm-drop? Then lo, he is a manifest adversary. ### E. Henry Palmer Has not man seen that we have created him from a clot? and lo! he is an open opponent; ### Hamid S. Aziz Does not man see that We have created him from a small seed? Then lo! He is an open disputant. ### Mahmoud Ghali And has not man seen that We created him of a sperm-drop? Then, only then, is he evidently a constant adversary. ### George Sale Doth not man know that We have created him of seed? Yet behold, he is an open disputer against the resurrection; ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Does man not see that it is We Who created him from (a clot in the) sperm-ovary drop? Yet see! He (makes himself) an open enemy! ### Amatul Rahman Omar Has not a human being seen how We have created him out of a (very insignificant) sperm drop? Yet behold! he is an open adversary (to Us). ### Ali Quli Qarai Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!? ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü İnsan görmedi mi ki biz onu bir spermden yarattık. . . Bu gerçeğe rağmen şimdi o apaçık bir hasımdır! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı İnsan, bizim kendisini bir damla sudan yarattığımızı görmüyor mu? Şimdi o, apaçık bir düşman kesilmiştir. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali İnsan görmez mi ki, biz onu nutfeden/meni ve yumurtadan yarattık. Bir de bakıyorsun ki, apaçık düşman kesilmiş. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali İnsan, bizim, kendisini az bir sudan (meniden) yarattığımızı görmedi mi ki, kalkmış apaçık bir düşman kesilmiştir. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Görmedi mi o insan? biz onu bir nutfeden yarattık da şimdi o çeneli bir çekişgen kesildi ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) İnsan görmüyor mu ki, Biz onu bir nutfeden yarattık da şimdi o çeneli bir çekişgen kesildi. ### Gültekin Onan İnsan, bizim kendisini bir damla sudan yarattığımızı görmüyor mu? Şimdi o apaçık bir düşman kesilmiştir. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim İnsan, kendisini bir nutfeden yaratdığımızı gör (ür gibi bilmedi mi ki şimdi o, açıkdan açığa müfrit bir muhaasım (kesilmekde) dir. ### İbni Kesir İnsan; Bizim kendisini bir damla sudan yarattığımızı görmedi mi ki; şimdi apaçık bir düşmandır. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı İnsan bilmez mi ki, kendisini bir sperm damlasından yaratırız; ve o anda kendisini düşünme ve tartışma yeteneği ile donatılmış görür. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı İnsan kendisini bir damladan yarattığımızı görmüyor mu ki apaçık mücadeleci oluveriyor. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali İnsan, bizim kendisini nasıl bir nutfe (sperm)den yarattığımızı görmedi mi ki, şimdi apaçık bir hasım kesildi? ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Görmedi mi insan, kendisini bir spermden yarattığımızı! Bir de bize açık bir hasım kesilmiştir o. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an İnsan görmez mi ki, Biz kendisini bir damlacık hayat suyundan yarattık (ve akıl fikir bahşettik), fakat o apaçık bir hasım olup çıktı. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an İnsan, onu bir nutfeden[1] yarattığımızı düşünmüyor mu? Şimdi de Bize apaçık düşman oldu. _Footnotes_ - [1] Bir damla sıvı. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek İnsan, kendisini bir damlacıktan yarattığımızı zaten görmüyor mu? Yine de apaçık düşman kesildi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali O insan, kendisini döllenmiş yumurtadan yarattığımızı görmez mi ki, bize açık bir düşman kesilir. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir O (inkârcı) insan, kendisini nutfeden (zigottan) yarattığımızı görmedi mi? Bir de bakarsın ki o apaçık bir tartışmacı olmuş. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an İnsan, onu bir nutfeden[1] yarattığımızı düşünmüyor mu? Şimdi de Bize apaçık düşman oldu. _Footnotes_ - [1] Bir damla sıvı. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an İnsan, onu bir nutfeden[1] yarattığımızı düşünmüyor mu? Şimdi de Bize apaçık düşman oldu. _Footnotes_ - [1] Bir damla sıvı. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali İnsan, kendisini döllenmiş yumurtadan yarattığımızı görmedi mi? Bir de bakarsın ki o, açık bir hasım oluvermiş[1]! _Footnotes_ - [1] [Nahl 16/4.](https://quran.so/16/4) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | أَوَلَمْ — awalam | Does not | — | | 2 | يَرَ — yara | see | راي — Ra-Elif-Ye | | 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ — l-insānu | [the] man | انس — Elif-Nun-Sin | | 4 | أَنَّا — annā | that We | — | | 5 | خَلَقْنَـٰهُ — khalaqnāhu | [We] created him | خلق — Kh-Lam-Kaf | | 6 | مِن — min | from | — | | 7 | نُّطْفَةٍۢ — nuṭ'fatin | a semen-drop | نطف — Nun-Ta-Fe | | 8 | فَإِذَا — fa-idhā | Then behold | — | | 9 | هُوَ — huwa | He | — | | 10 | خَصِيمٌۭ — khaṣīmun | (is) an opponent | خصم — Kh-Sad-Mim | | 11 | مُّبِينٌۭ — mubīnun | clear | بين — Be-Ye-Nun | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-76.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-78.md Retrieved: 2026-08-16 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.