Quran 23:14 — Al-Muminoon, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
then We made that drop into a clinging form, and We made that form into a lump of flesh, and We made that lump into bones, and We clothed those bones with flesh, and later We made him into other forms––glory be to God, the best of creators!––
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- then We created of the drop a clot then We created of the clot a tissue then We created of the tissue bones then We garmented the bones in flesh; thereafter We produced him as another creature. So blessed be God, the fairest of creators!
- Muhammad Asad
- and then We create out of the drop of sperm a germ-cell, and then We create out of the germ-cell an embryonic lump, and then We create within the embryonic lump bones, and then We clothe the bones with flesh - and then We bring [all] this into being as a new creation: hallowed, therefore, is God, the best of artisans!
- Sahih International
- Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلنُّطْفَةَl-nuṭ'fata | the semen-drop | نطف |
| 4 | عَلَقَةًۭʿalaqatan | (into) a clinging substance | علق |
| 5 | فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnā | then We created | خلق |
| 6 | ٱلْعَلَقَةَl-ʿalaqata | the clinging substance | علق |
| 7 | مُضْغَةًۭmuḍ'ghatan | (into) an embryonic lump | مضغ |
| 8 | فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnā | then We created | خلق |
| 9 | ٱلْمُضْغَةَl-muḍ'ghata | the embryonic lump | مضغ |
| 10 | عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāman | (into) bones | عظم |
| 11 | فَكَسَوْنَاfakasawnā | then We clothed | كسو |
| 12 | ٱلْعِظَـٰمَl-ʿiẓāma | the bones | عظم |
| 13 | لَحْمًۭاlaḥman | (with) flesh | لحم |
| 14 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 15 | أَنشَأْنَـٰهُanshanāhu | We produce it | نشأ |
| 16 | خَلْقًاkhalqan | (as) a creation | خلق |
| 17 | ءَاخَرَ ۚākhara | another | أخر |
| 18 | فَتَبَارَكَfatabāraka | So blessed is | برك |
| 19 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 20 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | (the) Best | حسن |
| 21 | ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna | (of) the Creators | خلق |