The Holy Quran 40:67 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًا ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًا مُّسَمًّى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Translation

It is He Who created you (your father Aadam عليه الصلاة والسلام) from sand, then (He created the generations of man, whose development in the womb begins) from a drop of fluid (semen), then from a clot of blood, after which Allaah extracted you (from the womb) as a child. Thereafter, (after arriving in the world, Allaah preserves you) to reach your strength (as an adult), and then to become old, the lives of some of you being taken first (before reaching old age). And (He preserves you) so that you reach the appointed term (the time of your death), and so that you may understand (Towheed and the purpose of your creation).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The origin of man: that is, [He created from dust] your father Adam, or you yourselves, in the sense that the food of which the drop of semen is the essence is itself produced from the earth. That is, the origin of the children of Adam is a drop of fluid (a drop of semen), which was later turned into a clot of blood.

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