Surah Al-Qiyamah — Verse 38

The Resurrection · 75:38 · 38/40

ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqafasawwa

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

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

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

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned

Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.

Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect,

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

then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts,

and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be,

then he became a clinging clot[11], then He created him and perfected his form,

Notes

[11] "‘Alaqah": an embryo that resembles a leech.

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

38. Then he became an ‘Alaqah (a clot); then (Allâh) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.[4]

Notes

[4] (V.75:38) See the footnote of (V.22:5).