Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:37

18:37

قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

qāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu akafarta bi-alladhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma sawwāka rajulan

His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

— Saheeh International

His companion retorted, ‘Have you no faith in Him who created you from dust, from a small drop of fluid, then shaped you into a man?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

His companion said to him during the talk with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust (i.e. your father Adam), then out of Nutfah (mixed semen drops of male and female discharge), then fashioned you into a man?

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

Juz 15Page 298meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaSaid
لَهُۥlahuto him
صَاحِبُهُۥṣāḥibuhuhis companion
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhuwas talking to him
أَكَفَرْتَakafartaDo you disbelieve
بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin One Who
خَلَقَكَkhalaqakacreated you
مِنminfrom
تُرَابٍۢturābindust
ثُمَّthummathen
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina minute quantity of semen
ثُمَّthummathen
سَوَّىٰكَsawwākafashioned you
رَجُلًۭاrajulan(into) a man