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Az-Zumar 6

Ayah 6 of 75 · Meccan

خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۡهَا زَوۡجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزۡوَٰجٖۚ يَخۡلُقُكُمۡ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ خَلۡقٗا مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ خَلۡقٖ فِي ظُلُمَٰتٖ ثَلَٰثٖۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصۡرَفُونَ ٦

He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates.1 He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses.2 That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See 6:143-144.

2 i.e., the belly, the womb, and the amniotic membrane.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. خَلَقَكُمHe created youkhalaqakum
  2. مِّنfrommin
  3. نَّفۡسٖa soulnafsin
  4. وَٰحِدَةٖsinglewāḥidatin
  5. ثُمَّThenthumma
  6. جَعَلَHe madejaʿala
  7. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  8. زَوۡجَهَاits matezawjahā
  9. وَأَنزَلَAnd He sent downwa-anzala
  10. لَكُمfor youlakum
  11. مِّنَofmina
  12. ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِthe cattlel-anʿāmi
  13. ثَمَٰنِيَةَeightthamāniyata
  14. أَزۡوَٰجٖۚkindsazwājin
  15. يَخۡلُقُكُمۡHe creates youyakhluqukum
  16. فِيinfī
  17. بُطُونِ(the) wombsbuṭūni
  18. أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ(of) your mothersummahātikum
  19. خَلۡقٗاcreationkhalqan
  20. مِّنۢaftermin
  21. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  22. خَلۡقٖcreationkhalqin
  23. فِيinfī
  24. ظُلُمَٰتٖdarkness[es]ẓulumātin
  25. ثَلَٰثٖۚthreethalāthin
  26. ذَٰلِكُمُThatdhālikumu
  27. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  28. رَبُّكُمۡyour Lordrabbukum
  29. لَهُfor Himlahu
  30. ٱلۡمُلۡكُۖ(is) the dominionl-mul'ku
  31. لَآ(There is) nolā
  32. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  33. إِلَّاexceptillā
  34. هُوَۖHehuwa
  35. فَأَنَّىٰThen howfa-annā
  36. تُصۡرَفُونَare you turning awaytuṣ'rafūna

Tafsir

O people, your Lord created you from one soul which is Adam, then He created from Adam his wife Eve. And He created for you eight kinds of animal for your benefit; from camels, cows, sheep and goats, from each type the male and the female. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, stage after stage, in the darkness of the stomach, womb and placenta. He who creates all of that is Allah your Lord. To Him alone belongs the kingdom. There is no true god besides Him, so how do you turn from His worship to worshipping those who create nothing but are created?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran