Quran 39:6 — Az-Zumar, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He created you all from a single being, from which He made its mate; He gave you four kinds of livestock in pairs; He creates you in your mothers’ wombs, in one stage after another, in threefold depths of darkness. Such is God, your Lord; He holds control, there is no god but Him. How can you turn away?
خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلَاثٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ۖ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ
khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin thumma jaʿala min'hā zawjahā wa-anzala lakum mina l-anʿāmi thamāniyata azwājin yakhluqukum fī buṭūni ummahātikum khalqan min baʿdi khalqin fī ẓulumātin thalāthin dhālikumu l-lahu rabbukum lahu l-mul'ku lā ilāha illā huwa fa-annā tuṣ'rafūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He created you of a single soul, then from it He appointed its mate; and He sent down to you of the cattle eight couples. He creates you in your mothers' wombs creation after creation in threefold shadows. That then is God, your Lord; to Him belongs the Kingdom; there is no god but He; so how are you turned about?
- Muhammad Asad
- He has created you [all] out of one living entity, and out of it fashioned its mate; and he has bestowed upon you four kinds of cattle of either sex; [and] He creates you in your mothers’ wombs, one act of creation after another, in threefold depths of darkness. Thus is God, your Sustainer: unto Him belongs all dominion: there is no deity save Him: how, then, can you lose sight of the truth?
- Sahih International
- He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakum | He created you | خلق |
| 2 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 3 | نَّفْسٍۢnafsin | a soul | نفس |
| 4 | وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatin | single | وحد |
| 5 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 6 | جَعَلَjaʿala | He made | جعل |
| 7 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 8 | زَوْجَهَاzawjahā | its mate | زوج |
| 9 | وَأَنزَلَwa-anzala | And He sent down | نزل |
| 10 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 11 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmi | the cattle | نعم |
| 13 | ثَمَـٰنِيَةَthamāniyata | eight | ثمن |
| 14 | أَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۚazwājin | kinds | زوج |
| 15 | يَخْلُقُكُمْyakhluqukum | He creates you | خلق |
| 16 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 17 | بُطُونِbuṭūni | (the) wombs | بطن |
| 18 | أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْummahātikum | (of) your mothers | أمم |
| 19 | خَلْقًۭاkhalqan | creation | خلق |
| 20 | مِّنۢmin | after | — |
| 21 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 22 | خَلْقٍۢkhalqin | creation | خلق |
| 23 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 24 | ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢẓulumātin | darkness[es] | ظلم |
| 25 | ثَلَـٰثٍۢ ۚthalāthin | three | ثلث |
| 26 | ذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumu | That | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (is) Allah | أله |
| 28 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 29 | لَهُlahu | for Him | — |
| 30 | ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖl-mul'ku | (is) the dominion | ملك |
| 31 | لَآlā | (There is) no | — |
| 32 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | god | أله |
| 33 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 34 | هُوَ ۖhuwa | He | — |
| 35 | فَأَنَّىٰfa-annā | Then how | أني |
| 36 | تُصْرَفُونَtuṣ'rafūna | are you turning away | صرف |