سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:13

The Believers · Verse 13 of 118

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Then We reduce him to a drop of sperm (and place him) in a safe depository;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;

Ahmed Ali

Then We placed him as a sperm in a firmly established lodging;

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Then We have made it into a fertilized ovum in a safe lodging.

Daryabadi

Thereafter We made him of a Sperm In a receptacle safe.

Faridul Haque

Then made him a drop of fluid in a secure shelter.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then We make him a small life-germ in a firm resting-place,

Maulvi Sher Ali

Then WE placed him as a drop of sperm in a safe depository;

Muhammad Asad

and then We cause him to remain as a drop of sperm in [the womb's) firm keeping,

Muhammad Musin Khan

Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).

Muhammad Pickthall

Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;

Muhammad Sarwar

which was then turned into a living germ and placed in safe depository.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,

Rashad Khalifa

Subsequently, we reproduced him from a tiny drop, that is placed into a well protected repository.

Shabbir Ahmed

Then We placed him as the male and female gametes in a safe lodging.

Commentary 23:12-14 Sulâlah سُلَالَةٍ in its root expresses the process of evolution, starting from the inorganic state to the organic, then from a single cell to…

On 23:12–14

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ

23:12-14 Sulâlah سُلَالَةٍ in its root expresses the process of evolution, starting from the inorganic state to the organic, then from a single cell to organized cells, then to the state of primitive animals, and, finally, a human being. The creation of the human being is here traced back to earth, as the life-germ in sperm is an extract of food that is drawn from earth in whatever form it may be. The verses show that the human soul is not implanted into the human body from outside but grows in the body as it develops.