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Ghafir 67

Ayah 67 of 85 · Meccan

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةٖ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلٗا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُواْ شُيُوخٗاۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَجَلٗا مُّسَمّٗى وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧

It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term;1 and perhaps you will use reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The time decreed for your death.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. خَلَقَكُمcreated youkhalaqakum
  4. مِّنfrommin
  5. تُرَابٖdustturābin
  6. ثُمَّthenthumma
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. نُّطۡفَةٖa semen-dropnuṭ'fatin
  9. ثُمَّthenthumma
  10. مِنۡfrommin
  11. عَلَقَةٖa clinging substanceʿalaqatin
  12. ثُمَّthenthumma
  13. يُخۡرِجُكُمۡHe brings you outyukh'rijukum
  14. طِفۡلٗا(as) a childṭif'lan
  15. ثُمَّthenthumma
  16. لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْlets you reachlitablughū
  17. أَشُدَّكُمۡyour maturityashuddakum
  18. ثُمَّthenthumma
  19. لِتَكُونُواْlets you becomelitakūnū
  20. شُيُوخٗاۚold shuyūkhan
  21. وَمِنكُمand among youwaminkum
  22. مَّن(is he) whoman
  23. يُتَوَفَّىٰdiesyutawaffā
  24. مِنbefore min
  25. قَبۡلُۖbefore qablu
  26. وَلِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْand lets you reachwalitablughū
  27. أَجَلٗاa termajalan
  28. مُّسَمّٗىspecifiedmusamman
  29. وَلَعَلَّكُمۡand that you maywalaʿallakum
  30. تَعۡقِلُونَuse reasontaʿqilūna

Tafsir

He is the one who created Adam from soil, then He created you after him from a sperm-drop, then after a sperm-drop from clotted blood, then after that He takes you out of your mothers’ wombs as small children, then so that you reach the peak of your strength, then so that you grow older until you become elders. And some of you die before that, and so that you reach a fixed time in the knowledge of Allah which you cannot decrease or increase, and so that you benefit from these proof and evidence for His power and oneness.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran