ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُطۡفَةٗ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٖ ١٣
Then We placed him as a sperm-drop1 in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Or "as a zygote."
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ثُمَّThenthumma
- جَعَلۡنَٰهُWe placed himjaʿalnāhu
- نُطۡفَةٗ(as) a semen-dropnuṭ'fatan
- فِيinfī
- قَرَارٖa resting placeqarārin
- مَّكِينٖfirmmakīnin
Tafsir
Then I created his progeny who procreate, by way of a drop of sperm that lodges in the womb until birth.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran