وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا ١٤
While He has created you in stages?1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., in various progressive states and conditions. See also 22:5 and 23:12-14 in reference to development of the embryo.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَقَدۡAnd indeedwaqad
- خَلَقَكُمۡHe created youkhalaqakum
- أَطۡوَارًا(in) stagesaṭwāran
Tafsir
“While He created you in stages, one after the other: a drop of semen, then clotted blood, then a piece of flesh.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran