The Quran

سورة یسٓ

Surah Yâ Sîn 36:77

O Perfect Man! · Verse 77 of 83

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Has not a human being seen how We have created him out of a (very insignificant) sperm drop? Yet behold! he is an open adversary (to Us).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!

Ahmed Ali

Does not man see We created him from a drop of semen? Even then he becomes an open contender,

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Ali Unal

Has human not considered that We have created him from (so slight a beginning as) a drop of (seminal) fluid? Yet, he turns into an open, fierce adversary (selfishly disputing against the truth).

Daryabadi

Beholdest not man that We have created him from a sperm? Yet lo! he is a manifest disputer?

Faridul Haque

And did not man see that We have created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open quarreller!

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Does not man see that We have created him from the small life-germ? Then lo! he is an open disputant.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Does not man see that WE have created him from a mere sperm-drop? Then lo ! he is an open quarreler !

Muhammad Asad

IS MAN, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a [mere] drop of sperm - whereupon, lo! he shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah (mixed male and female discharge semen drops). Yet behold! He (stands forth) as an open opponent.

Muhammad Pickthall

Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.

Muhammad Sarwar

Has the human being not considered that We have created him from a drop of fluid. He is openly quarrelsome.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant.

Rashad Khalifa

Does the human being not see that we created him from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent enemy?

Shabbir Ahmed

Does not man realize that We created him from male and female gametes? Yet, he stands forth as an open contender of truth!