The Holy Quran 76:1 — Surah Al-Insan

Arabic text

هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا

Translation

Undoubtedly, a moment in time has passed by man when he was not even something worth mentioning (he was still a drop of semen).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Man was sheer non-existence: undoubtedly a time has passed over man when there was neither name nor trace of him. Then, after passing through who knows how many phases, he came in the form of a drop of semen. And even that state, in view of his present nobility and honour, is not worth mentioning.

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