Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 14 (23:14)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَٰمًا …

Quran 23:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 342 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:14
ثُمَّخَلَقْنَاٱلنُّطْفَةَعَلَقَةًفَخَلَقْنَاٱلْعَلَقَةَمُضْغَةًفَخَلَقْنَاٱلْمُضْغَةَعِظَٰمًافَكَسَوْنَاٱلْعِظَٰمَلَحْمًاثُمَّأَنشَأْنَٰهُخَلْقًاءَاخَرَ ۚفَتَبَارَكَٱللَّهُأَحْسَنُٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ١٤
thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.(14)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
  3. ٱلنُّطْفَةَl-nuṭ'fatathe semen-drop
  4. عَلَقَةًʿalaqatan(into) a clinging substance
  5. فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāthen We created
  6. ٱلْعَلَقَةَl-ʿalaqatathe clinging substance
  7. مُضْغَةًmuḍ'ghatan(into) an embryonic lump
  8. فَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāthen We created
  9. ٱلْمُضْغَةَl-muḍ'ghatathe embryonic lump
  10. عِظَٰمًاʿiẓāman(into) bones
  11. فَكَسَوْنَاfakasawnāthen We clothed
  12. ٱلْعِظَٰمَl-ʿiẓāmathe bones
  13. لَحْمًاlaḥman(with) flesh
  14. ثُمَّthummathen
  15. أَنشَأْنَٰهُanshanāhuWe produce it
  16. خَلْقًاkhalqan(as) a creation
  17. ءَاخَرَ ۚākharaanother
  18. فَتَبَارَكَfatabārakaSo blessed is
  19. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  20. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(the) Best
  21. ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna(of) the Creators

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