The Quran

سورة الإنسَان

Surah Al-Insân 76:2

The Human Being · Verse 2 of 31

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

We have surely created a human being from a sperm drop uniting (it) with (an ovum); We wanted to bestow Our favour on him. That is why We made him hearing and seeing (- enjoying discretion and volition, and so responsible for his actions).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight.

Ahmed Ali

Verily We created man from a sperm yoked (to the ovum) to bring out his real substance, then gave him hearing and sight.

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Ali Unal

We have surely created human from a small quantity of mingled fluids, moving him from one state to another, and (finally) We have made him one hearing and seeing (so that he may hear God’s Message and see His signs).

Daryabadi

Verily We! We created man from a sperm of mixtures, that We might prove him, wherefore We made him hearing, seeing.

Faridul Haque

Indeed We have created man from mixed semen; in order to test him – We therefore made him hearing, knowing.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Surely We have created man from sperm mixed (with ovum), to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.

Maulvi Sher Ali

WE have created man from a mingled sperm-drop that WE might try him; so 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.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Verily, We have created man from Nutfah drops of mixed semen (discharge of man and woman), in order to try him, so We made him hearer, seer.

Muhammad Pickthall

Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing.

Muhammad Sarwar

We created the human being from the union of sperm and egg to test him. We gave him hearing and vision.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Surely We have created man from a small life-germ uniting (itself): We mean to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.

Rashad Khalifa

We created the human from a liquid mixture, from two parents, in order to test him. Thus, we made him a hearer and a seer.

Shabbir Ahmed

We have created the human being from marked out cells, male and female gametes, that joined. Then We passed him through subtle changes. And then We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.