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Al-Insan 2

Ayah 2 of 31 · Medinan

إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ أَمۡشَاجٖ نَّبۡتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ سَمِيعَۢا بَصِيرًا ٢

Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture1 that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., a combination of the male and female substance, within the womb.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  2. خَلَقۡنَا[We] createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَmanl-insāna
  4. مِنfrommin
  5. نُّطۡفَةٍa semen-dropnuṭ'fatin
  6. أَمۡشَاجٖa mixtureamshājin
  7. نَّبۡتَلِيهِ(that) We test himnabtalīhi
  8. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُso We made (for) himfajaʿalnāhu
  9. سَمِيعَۢاhearingsamīʿan
  10. بَصِيرًاand sightbaṣīran

Tafsir

I created man from a drop that was a mixture of the liquid of a man and a woman, to test him with the impositions I placed on him. I made him hearing and seeing to carry out the laws I imposed on him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran