Quran 18:37 — Al-Kahf, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
His companion retorted, ‘Have you no faith in Him who created you from dust, from a small drop of fluid, then shaped you into a man?
قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا
qāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu akafarta bi-alladhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma sawwāka rajulan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said his fellow, as he was conversing with him, 'What, disbelievest thou in Him who created thee of dust, then of a sperm-drop, then shaped thee as a man?
- Muhammad Asad
- And his friend answered him in the course of their argument: "Wilt thou blaspheme against Him who has created thee out of dust, and then out of a drop of sperm, and in the end has fashioned thee into a [complete] man?
- Sahih International
- His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 3 | صَاحِبُهُۥṣāḥibuhu | his companion | صحب |
| 4 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while he | — |
| 5 | يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhu | was talking to him | حور |
| 6 | أَكَفَرْتَakafarta | Do you disbelieve | كفر |
| 7 | بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhī | in One Who | — |
| 8 | خَلَقَكَkhalaqaka | created you | خلق |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | تُرَابٍۢturābin | dust | ترب |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 12 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 13 | نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatin | a minute quantity of semen | نطف |
| 14 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 15 | سَوَّىٰكَsawwāka | fashioned you | سوي |
| 16 | رَجُلًۭاrajulan | (into) a man | رجل |