80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 19
مِنْ نُطْفَةٍۜ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُۙ
Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarah
From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him.
- Progressive Muslims
From a seed He created him and moulded him.
- Shabbir Ahmed
From the male and the female gametes He created him, and then fashioned him in due proportion.
- Sam Gerrans
From a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him;
- The Monotheist Group
From a seed He created him and molded him.
- Edip-Layth
From a seed He created him and designed him.
- Aisha Bewley
From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him.
- Rashad Khalifa
From a tiny drop, He creates him and designs him.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him,
- Sahih International
From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;
- Muhammad Asad
Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature,
- Marmaduke Pickthall
From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
From a seed in fluid emitted did He create him and animate, and his dimensions and his life span, his provisions and his lot did He determine, and his intellect did He actuate. *
- Bijan Moeinian
What is he proud of? He is being created of a tiny sperm [that thousands of them hardly fill the top of a needle!]
- Al-Hilali & Khan
From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;
- Mustafa Khattab
He created them from a sperm-drop, and ordained their development.
- Taqi Usmani
from a drop of semen! He created him, and designed him in due proportion,
- Abdul Haleem
He creates him from a droplet, He proportions him,
- Arthur John Arberry
Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him,
- E. Henry Palmer
Of a clot. He created him and fated him;
- Hamid S. Aziz
Of a small seed; He created him, then gave him due proportions,
- Mahmoud Ghali
Of a sperm drop He created him; so He determined him.
- George Sale
Of a drop of seed doth He create him; and He formeth him with proportion;
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
From a sperm-drop has He (Allah) created him, and then (He) makes him in proper size and shape;
- Amatul Rahman Omar
From a mere sperm-drop! He (at first) creates him, then endows him with infinite capacity (to make progress),
- Ali Quli Qarai
He has created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and then proportioned him.