Surah An-Nahl 16:4 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 4 / 128 · Page 267
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ
Word by Word
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
He created
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
the human kind
مِن
min
from
نُّطْفَةٍ
nut'fatin
a minute quantity of semen
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
then behold
هُوَ
huwa
he
خَصِيمٌ
khasimun
(is) an opponent
مُّبِينٌ
mubinun
clear
Transliteration
Khalaqal insaana min nutfatin fa izaa huwa khaseemum mubeen
Translation
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
He created man from a despised drop of fluid who then progressed from one form to another until he became a harsh contender using falsehood to attempt to invalidate with it the truth, being an obvious opponent in his arguing.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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