Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:14

23:14

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَـٰمًا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ

thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.

— Saheeh International

then We made that drop into a clinging form, and We made that form into a lump of flesh, and We made that lump into bones, and We clothed those bones with flesh, and later We made him into other forms––glory be to God, the best of creators!––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So Blessed is Allâh, the Best of creators.

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

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
ٱلنُّطْفَةَl-nuṭ'fatathe semen-drop
عَلَقَةًۭʿalaqatan(into) a clinging substance
فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāthen We created
ٱلْعَلَقَةَl-ʿalaqatathe clinging substance
مُضْغَةًۭmuḍ'ghatan(into) an embryonic lump
فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāthen We created
ٱلْمُضْغَةَl-muḍ'ghatathe embryonic lump
عِظَـٰمًۭاʿiẓāman(into) bones
فَكَسَوْنَاfakasawnāthen We clothed
ٱلْعِظَـٰمَl-ʿiẓāmathe bones
لَحْمًۭاlaḥman(with) flesh
ثُمَّthummathen
أَنشَأْنَـٰهُanshanāhuWe produce it
خَلْقًاkhalqan(as) a creation
ءَاخَرَۚākharaanother
فَتَبَارَكَfatabārakaSo blessed is
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(the) Best
ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna(of) the Creators