Quran 40:67 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 67
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who created you from dust, then from a drop of fluid, then from a tiny, clinging form, then He brought you forth as infants, then He allowed you to reach maturity, then He let you grow old- though some of you die sooner- and reach your appointed term so that you may reflect.
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخًا ۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا أَجَلًا مُسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
huwa alladhī khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma yukh'rijukum ṭif'lan thumma litablughū ashuddakum thumma litakūnū shuyūkhan waminkum man yutawaffā min qablu walitablughū ajalan musamman walaʿallakum taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who created you of dust then of a sperm-drop, then of a blood-clot, then He delivers you as infants, then that you may come of age, then that you may be old men -- though some of you there are who die before it -- and that you may reach a stated term; haply you will understand.
- Muhammad Asad
- It is He who creates you out of dust, and then out of a drop of sperm, and then out of a germ-cell; and then He brings you forth as children; and then [He ordains] that you reach maturity, and then, that you grow old - though some of you [He causes to] die earlier -: and [all this He ordains] so that you might reach a term set [by Him], and that you might [learn to] use your reason.
- Sahih International
- It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakum | created you | خلق |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | تُرَابٍۢturābin | dust | ترب |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatin | a semen-drop | نطف |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 10 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 11 | عَلَقَةٍۢʿalaqatin | a clinging substance | علق |
| 12 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 13 | يُخْرِجُكُمْyukh'rijukum | He brings you out | خرج |
| 14 | طِفْلًۭاṭif'lan | (as) a child | طفل |
| 15 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 16 | لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughū | lets you reach | بلغ |
| 17 | أَشُدَّكُمْashuddakum | your maturity | شدد |
| 18 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 19 | لِتَكُونُوا۟litakūnū | lets you become | كون |
| 20 | شُيُوخًۭا ۚshuyūkhan | old | شيخ |
| 21 | وَمِنكُمwaminkum | and among you | — |
| 22 | مَّنman | (is he) who | — |
| 23 | يُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffā | dies | وفي |
| 24 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 25 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 26 | وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟walitablughū | and lets you reach | بلغ |
| 27 | أَجَلًۭاajalan | a term | أجل |
| 28 | مُّسَمًّۭىmusamman | specified | سمو |
| 29 | وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum | and that you may | — |
| 30 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | use reason | عقل |