The Quran

سورة الطّارق

Surah Al-Târiq 86:5

The Night Visitant · Verse 5 of 17

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Therefore let (every) human being consider from what material he is created.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now let man but think from what he is created!

Ahmed Ali

Let man consider what he was made of:

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Let human, then, consider from what he has been created.

Daryabadi

So let man look - from what is he created.

Faridul Haque

So man must consider from what he has been created.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So let man consider of what he is created.

Maulvi Sher Ali

So let man consider of what he is created.

Muhammad Asad

LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:

Muhammad Musin Khan

So let man see from what he is created!

Muhammad Pickthall

So let man consider from what he is created.

Muhammad Sarwar

Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So let man consider of what he is created:

Rashad Khalifa

Let the human reflect on his creation.

Shabbir Ahmed

Let the human being, then, consider out of what he has been created.

Commentary 86:5-7 “Jetting fluid” مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ does not refer to ejected semen. As the verse specifies, it is the fluid that originates from a region, which lies…

On 86:5–7

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ﴿٦﴾ يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

86:5-7 “Jetting fluid” مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ does not refer to ejected semen. As the verse specifies, it is the fluid that originates from a region, which lies between the breastbone (al-Tarâibالتَّرَائِبِ) and the backbone (al-Sulb الصُّلْبِ). Anatomically this is the region of the human heart; and the heart has much broader significance in the language of Gnostics. With this significance, we can reflect on the true message of these verses.