Quran 76:2 — Al-Insaan, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We created man from a drop of mingled fluid to put him to the test; We gave him hearing and sight;
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا
innā khalaqnā l-insāna min nuṭ'fatin amshājin nabtalīhi fajaʿalnāhu samīʿan baṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We created man of a sperm-drop, a mingling, and We made him hearing, seeing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him [in his later life]: and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | [We] created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | man | أنس |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | نُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatin | a semen-drop | نطف |
| 6 | أَمْشَاجٍۢamshājin | a mixture | مشج |
| 7 | نَّبْتَلِيهِnabtalīhi | (that) We test him | بلو |
| 8 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُfajaʿalnāhu | so We made (for) him | جعل |
| 9 | سَمِيعًۢاsamīʿan | hearing | سمع |
| 10 | بَصِيرًاbaṣīran | and sight | بصر |