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Al-Hajj 5

Ayah 5 of 78 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةٖ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةٖ مُّخَلَّقَةٖ وَغَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةٖ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلٗا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡ وَأَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ٥

O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed1 - that We may show you.2 And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 That which is incomplete. This may include what is aborted at that stage.

2 Our power and creative ability.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO mankindyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّاسُO mankindl-nāsu
  3. إِنIfin
  4. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  5. فِيinfī
  6. رَيۡبٖdoubtraybin
  7. مِّنَaboutmina
  8. ٱلۡبَعۡثِthe Resurrectionl-baʿthi
  9. فَإِنَّاthen indeed, Wefa-innā
  10. خَلَقۡنَٰكُمWe created youkhalaqnākum
  11. مِّنfrommin
  12. تُرَابٖdustturābin
  13. ثُمَّthenthumma
  14. مِنfrommin
  15. نُّطۡفَةٖa semen-dropnuṭ'fatin
  16. ثُمَّthenthumma
  17. مِنۡfrommin
  18. عَلَقَةٖa clinging substanceʿalaqatin
  19. ثُمَّthenthumma
  20. مِنfrommin
  21. مُّضۡغَةٖan embryonic lumpmuḍ'ghatin
  22. مُّخَلَّقَةٖformedmukhallaqatin
  23. وَغَيۡرِand unformedwaghayri
  24. مُخَلَّقَةٖand unformedmukhallaqatin
  25. لِّنُبَيِّنَthat We may make clearlinubayyina
  26. لَكُمۡۚto youlakum
  27. وَنُقِرُّAnd We cause to remainwanuqirru
  28. فِيinfī
  29. ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِthe wombsl-arḥāmi
  30. مَاwhatmā
  31. نَشَآءُWe willnashāu
  32. إِلَىٰٓforilā
  33. أَجَلٖa termajalin
  34. مُّسَمّٗىappointedmusamman
  35. ثُمَّthenthumma
  36. نُخۡرِجُكُمۡWe bring you outnukh'rijukum
  37. طِفۡلٗا(as) a childṭif'lan
  38. ثُمَّ[then]thumma
  39. لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْthat you may reachlitablughū
  40. أَشُدَّكُمۡۖ[your] maturityashuddakum
  41. وَمِنكُمAnd among youwaminkum
  42. مَّن(is he) whoman
  43. يُتَوَفَّىٰdiesyutawaffā
  44. وَمِنكُمand among youwaminkum
  45. مَّن(is he) whoman
  46. يُرَدُّis returnedyuraddu
  47. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  48. أَرۡذَلِthe most abjectardhali
  49. ٱلۡعُمُرِagel-ʿumuri
  50. لِكَيۡلَاso that notlikaylā
  51. يَعۡلَمَhe knowsyaʿlama
  52. مِنۢaftermin
  53. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  54. عِلۡمٖhaving knownʿil'min
  55. شَيۡـٔٗاۚanythingshayan
  56. وَتَرَىAnd you seewatarā
  57. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
  58. هَامِدَةٗbarrenhāmidatan
  59. فَإِذَآthen whenfa-idhā
  60. أَنزَلۡنَاWe send downanzalnā
  61. عَلَيۡهَاon itʿalayhā
  62. ٱلۡمَآءَwaterl-māa
  63. ٱهۡتَزَّتۡit gets stirredih'tazzat
  64. وَرَبَتۡand it swellswarabat
  65. وَأَنۢبَتَتۡand growswa-anbatat
  66. مِنofmin
  67. كُلِّeverykulli
  68. زَوۡجِۭkindzawjin
  69. بَهِيجٖbeautifulbahījin

Tafsir

O people, if you have any doubt regarding My power to resurrect you after your death, think about your creation: I created your father Adam from soil; then I created his children from sperm which the man casts into the woman’s womb; then the sperm turns into solid blood; then the solid blood turns into a piece of meat; then the piece of meat turns into either a sound creation which remains in the womb until it comes out alive as a child or into an unsound form which the womb aborts, to show My power by creating you in stages. And I settle in the wombs whatever fetus I wish until it is born in a fixed time period of nine months. Then I take you out of your mothers’ wombs as children, so that you reach the pinnacle of strength and intelligence. Amongst you are some who die before this and amongst you are those who reach old age where strength and intelligence weaken, to the extent that he becomes worse than a child, no longer knowing anything he used to know. And you will see the earth dry without any plants on it. Then when I send down rainwater on it, it opens up with plants, rises due to the plants growing, and brings forth every type of beautiful plant.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran