16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 4
خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ
Khalaqa al-insana min nutfatinfa-itha huwa khaseemun mubeen
He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger!
- Progressive Muslims
He created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition.
- Shabbir Ahmed
He created the human being out of male and female gametes. They should be humble before their Creator's Messages instead of being contentious.
- Sam Gerrans
He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.
- The Monotheist Group
He has created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition.
- Edip-Layth
He created the human being from a seed, but then he becomes a clear opponent.
- Aisha Bewley
He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger!
- Rashad Khalifa
He created the human from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent opponent.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender.
- Sahih International
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.
- Muhammad Asad
He creates man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue!
- Marmaduke Pickthall
He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
He created the Adamite from a constituent part of fluid that is emitted*, yet he -the Adamite- is more ready to argue than to obey. He brings forward reasons against Allah with a strong, capacious and argumentative mind.
- Bijan Moeinian
He has created mankind from a tiny embryo; how funny of this insignificant creature to turn against his own soul and challenge his Creator.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer!
- Mustafa Khattab
He created humans from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Him˺.
- Taqi Usmani
He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly.
- Abdul Haleem
He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him.
- Arthur John Arberry
He created man of a sperm-drop; and, behold, he is a manifest adversary.
- E. Henry Palmer
He created man from a clot; and yet, behold, he is an open opponent!
- Hamid S. Aziz
He created man from a drop (of sperm); and yet, behold, he is an open opponent!
- Mahmoud Ghali
He created man of a sperm-drop; yet, (behold) how he is an evident adversary.
- George Sale
He hath created man of seed; and yet behold, he is a professed disputer against the resurrection.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
He has created man from a drop of semen (sperm); And look this same (man) becomes an open challenger (about the creation)!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
He has created human being from a mere drop of fluid, (a small life germ) then look! what a perspicuous and sound debater he has turned out to be.
- Ali Quli Qarai
He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!