Surah Al-Qiyamah — Verse 37

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أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Was he not just a drop of spilt-out sperm,

Marmaduke Pickthall

Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Was he not an ejaculated drop of semen?

Al-Hilali & Khan

Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female sexual discharge) of semen emitted (poured forth)?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Was he not once a [mere] drop of sperm that had been spilt,