Quran 75:38 — Al-Qiyaama, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then he was a blood-clot, and He created and formed,
- Muhammad Asad
- and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be,
- Sahih International
- Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | he was | كون |
| 3 | عَلَقَةًۭʿalaqatan | a clinging substance | علق |
| 4 | فَخَلَقَfakhalaqa | then He created | خلق |
| 5 | فَسَوَّىٰfasawwā | and proportioned | سوي |