Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:67

40:67

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًا ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

huwa alladhī khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma yukh'rijukum ṭif'lan thumma litablughū ashuddakum thumma litakūnū shuyūkhan waminkum man yutawaffā min qablu walitablughū ajalan musamman walaʿallakum taʿqilūna

It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.

— Saheeh International

It is He who created you from dust, then from a drop of fluid, then from a tiny, clinging form, then He brought you forth as infants, then He allowed you to reach maturity, then He let you grow old- though some of you die sooner- and reach your appointed term so that you may reflect.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is He, Who has created you (Adam) from dust, then from a Nutfah [mixed semen drops of male and female sexual discharge (i.e. Adam’s offspring)] then from a clot (a piece of coagulated blood), then brings you forth as an infant, then (makes you grow) to reach the age of full strength, and afterwards to be old (men and women)- though some among you die before,- and that you reach an appointed term in order that you may understand.

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

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Word by Word

هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
تُرَابٍۢturābindust
ثُمَّthummathen
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
ثُمَّthummathen
مِنْminfrom
عَلَقَةٍۢʿalaqatina clinging substance
ثُمَّthummathen
يُخْرِجُكُمْyukh'rijukumHe brings you out
طِفْلًۭاṭif'lan(as) a child
ثُمَّthummathen
لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughūlets you reach
أَشُدَّكُمْashuddakumyour maturity
ثُمَّthummathen
لِتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūlets you become
شُيُوخًۭاۚshuyūkhanold
وَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you
مَّنman(is he) who
يُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffādies
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُۖqablubefore
وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟walitablughūand lets you reach
أَجَلًۭاajalana term
مُّسَمًّۭىmusammanspecified
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause reason