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Al-Mu'minun 14

Ayah 14 of 118 · Meccan

ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَٰمٗا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ لَحۡمٗا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ ١٤

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the most skillful and only true Creator.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. خَلَقۡنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلنُّطۡفَةَthe semen-dropl-nuṭ'fata
  4. عَلَقَةٗ(into) a clinging substanceʿalaqatan
  5. فَخَلَقۡنَاthen We createdfakhalaqnā
  6. ٱلۡعَلَقَةَthe clinging substancel-ʿalaqata
  7. مُضۡغَةٗ(into) an embryonic lumpmuḍ'ghatan
  8. فَخَلَقۡنَاthen We createdfakhalaqnā
  9. ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَthe embryonic lumpl-muḍ'ghata
  10. عِظَٰمٗا(into) bonesʿiẓāman
  11. فَكَسَوۡنَاthen We clothedfakasawnā
  12. ٱلۡعِظَٰمَthe bonesl-ʿiẓāma
  13. لَحۡمٗا(with) fleshlaḥman
  14. ثُمَّthenthumma
  15. أَنشَأۡنَٰهُWe produce itanshanāhu
  16. خَلۡقًا(as) a creationkhalqan
  17. ءَاخَرَۚanotherākhara
  18. فَتَبَارَكَSo blessed isfatabāraka
  19. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  20. أَحۡسَنُ(the) Bestaḥsanu
  21. ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ(of) the Creatorsl-khāliqīna

Tafsir

I then created the lodged drop of sperm into a red clot of blood, which I then created into a piece of flesh, which I then created into hard bones. I then covered those bones with flesh and then developed it into a completely different creation, by blowing a soul into it and bringing it out into life. Praised is Allah, the best of creators!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran