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سورة الطّارق

Surah Al-Târiq 86:7

The Night Visitant · Verse 7 of 17

يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Which issues forth from between the loins and the breast-bones.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:

Ahmed Ali

Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

It proceeds (as a result of incitement) between the (lumbar zone in the) vertebra and the ribs.

Daryabadi

That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones.

Faridul Haque

That is issued from between the backs and the ribs.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Coming from between the back and the ribs.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Which issues forth from between the loins and the breastbones.

Muhammad Asad

issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].

Muhammad Musin Khan

Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs,

Muhammad Pickthall

That issued from between the loins and ribs.

Muhammad Sarwar

which comes out of the loins and ribs.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Coming from between the back and the ribs.

Rashad Khalifa

From between the spine and the viscera.

Shabbir Ahmed

That issued from between tough rocks and mingled dust.

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.