Surah Al-Qiyamah (القيامة) • The Resurrection

Quran 75:38

75:38

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

— Saheeh International

which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then he became an ‘Alaqah (a clot); then (Allâh) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.

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

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Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
كَانَkānahe was
عَلَقَةًۭʿalaqatana clinging substance
فَخَلَقَfakhalaqathen He created
فَسَوَّىٰfasawwāand proportioned