Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:4

16:4

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

khalaqa l-insāna min nuṭ'fatin fa-idhā huwa khaṣīmun mubīnun

He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.

— Saheeh International

He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

خَلَقَkhalaqaHe created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human kind
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina minute quantity of semen
فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
هُوَhuwahe
خَصِيمٌۭkhaṣīmun(is) an opponent
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear