Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Was he not a sperm-drop from semen emitted?

اَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنٰىۙ
Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna
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1alamWas not
2yakuheكون
3nuṭ'fatana semen-dropنطف
4minof
5maniyyinsemenمني
6yum'nāemittedمني
  • Aisha Bewley

    Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm,

  • Progressive Muslims

    Was he not a seed from sperm put forth

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Was he not gametes that moved to join?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Was he not a sperm-drop from semen emitted?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Was he not a seed from sperm put forth?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Was he not a seed from sperm put forth?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Was he not a drop of ejected semen?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Was he not an emitted drop of semen,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

  • Muhammad Asad

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

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Was he not a drop of ejaculated semen,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Was he not a Notfa (sperm) in a seminal fluid that is emitted?

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Does man not remember what an insignificant seed in a drop of semen he was?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

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

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Were they not ˹once˺ a sperm-drop emitted?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Was he not an ejaculated drop of semen?

  • Abdul Haleem

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

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Was he not a sperm-drop spilled?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Wasn't he a clot of emitted seed?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Was he not a spermdrop ejaculated?

  • George Sale

    Was he not a drop of seed, which was emitted?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (without any form)?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Was he not a small drop of semen ejected (into a proper place).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Was he not a drop of emitted semen?