Quran 22:5 — Al-Hajj, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People, [remember,] if you doubt the Resurrection, that We created you from dust, then a drop of fluid, then a clinging form, then a lump of flesh, both shaped and unshaped: We mean to make Our power clear to you. Whatever We choose We cause to remain in the womb for an appointed time, then We bring you forth as infants and then you grow and reach maturity. Some die young and some are left to live on to such an age that they forget all they once knew. You sometimes see the earth lifeless, yet when We send down water it stirs and swells and produces every kind of joyous growth:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا ۚ وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
yāayyuhā l-nāsu in kuntum fī raybin mina l-baʿthi fa-innā khalaqnākum min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma min muḍ'ghatin mukhallaqatin waghayri mukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fī l-arḥāmi mā nashāu ilā ajalin musamman thumma nukh'rijukum ṭif'lan thumma litablughū ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffā waminkum man yuraddu ilā ardhali l-ʿumuri likaylā yaʿlama min baʿdi ʿil'min shayan watarā l-arḍa hāmidatan fa-idhā anzalnā ʿalayhā l-māa ih'tazzat warabat wa-anbatat min kulli zawjin bahījin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O men, if you are in doubt as to the Uprising, surely We created you of dust then of a sperm-drop, then of a blood clot, then of a lump of flesh, formed and unformed that We may make clear to you. And We establish in the wombs what We will, till a stated term, then We deliver you as infants, then that you may come of age; and some of you die, and some of you are kept back unto the vilest state of life, that after knowing somewhat, they may know nothing. And thou beholdest the earth blackened, then, when We send down water upon it, it quivers, and swells, and puts forth herbs of every joyous kind.
- Muhammad Asad
- O MEN! If you are in doubt as to the [truth of] resurrection, [remember that,] verily, We have created [every one of] you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm, then out of a germ-cell, then out of an embryonic lump complete [in itself] and yet incomplete so that We might make [your origin] clear unto you. And whatever We will [to be born] We cause to rest in the [mothers’] wombs for a term set [by Us], and then We bring you forth as infants and [allow you to live] so that [some of] you might attain to maturity: for among you are such as are caused to die [in childhood], just as many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well. And [if, O man, thou art still in doubt as to resurrection, consider this:] thou canst see the earth dry and lifeless - and [suddenly,] when We send down waters upon it, it stirs and swells and puts forth every kind of lovely plant!
- Sahih International
- O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O mankind | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | O mankind | نوس |
| 3 | إِنin | If | — |
| 4 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | رَيْبٍۢraybin | doubt | ريب |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | about | — |
| 8 | ٱلْبَعْثِl-baʿthi | the Resurrection | بعث |
| 9 | فَإِنَّاfa-innā | then indeed, We | — |
| 10 | خَلَقْنَـٰكُمkhalaqnākum | We created you | خلق |
| 11 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 12 | تُرَابٍۢturābin | dust | ترب |
| 13 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 14 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 15 | نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatin | a semen-drop | نطف |
| 16 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 17 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 18 | عَلَقَةٍۢʿalaqatin | a clinging substance | علق |
| 19 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 20 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 21 | مُّضْغَةٍۢmuḍ'ghatin | an embryonic lump | مضغ |
| 22 | مُّخَلَّقَةٍۢmukhallaqatin | formed | خلق |
| 23 | وَغَيْرِwaghayri | and unformed | غير |
| 24 | مُخَلَّقَةٍۢmukhallaqatin | and unformed | خلق |
| 25 | لِّنُبَيِّنَlinubayyina | that We may make clear | بين |
| 26 | لَكُمْ ۚlakum | to you | — |
| 27 | وَنُقِرُّwanuqirru | And We cause to remain | قرر |
| 28 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 29 | ٱلْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmi | the wombs | رحم |
| 30 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 31 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We will | شيأ |
| 32 | إِلَىٰٓilā | for | — |
| 33 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | a term | أجل |
| 34 | مُّسَمًّۭىmusamman | appointed | سمو |
| 35 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 36 | نُخْرِجُكُمْnukh'rijukum | We bring you out | خرج |
| 37 | طِفْلًۭاṭif'lan | (as) a child | طفل |
| 38 | ثُمَّthumma | [then] | — |
| 39 | لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughū | that you may reach | بلغ |
| 40 | أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖashuddakum | [your] maturity | شدد |
| 41 | وَمِنكُمwaminkum | And among you | — |
| 42 | مَّنman | (is he) who | — |
| 43 | يُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffā | dies | وفي |
| 44 | وَمِنكُمwaminkum | and among you | — |
| 45 | مَّنman | (is he) who | — |
| 46 | يُرَدُّyuraddu | is returned | ردد |
| 47 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 48 | أَرْذَلِardhali | the most abject | رذل |
| 49 | ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri | age | عمر |
| 50 | لِكَيْلَاlikaylā | so that not | — |
| 51 | يَعْلَمَyaʿlama | he knows | علم |
| 52 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 53 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 54 | عِلْمٍۢʿil'min | having known | علم |
| 55 | شَيْـًۭٔا ۚshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 56 | وَتَرَىwatarā | And you see | رأي |
| 57 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 58 | هَامِدَةًۭhāmidatan | barren | همد |
| 59 | فَإِذَآfa-idhā | then when | — |
| 60 | أَنزَلْنَاanzalnā | We send down | نزل |
| 61 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | on it | — |
| 62 | ٱلْمَآءَl-māa | water | موه |
| 63 | ٱهْتَزَّتْih'tazzat | it gets stirred | هزز |
| 64 | وَرَبَتْwarabat | and it swells | ربو |
| 65 | وَأَنۢبَتَتْwa-anbatat | and grows | نبت |
| 66 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 67 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 68 | زَوْجٍۭzawjin | kind | زوج |
| 69 | بَهِيجٍۢbahījin | beautiful | بهج |