Surah As-Sajdah, Ayah 8 (32:8)

ٱلسَّجْدَة

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسْلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ مَّهِينٍ

Quran 32:8 is ayah 8 of Surah As-Sajdah (“The Prostration”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 415 of the Madani Mushaf.

32:8
ثُمَّجَعَلَنَسْلَهُۥمِنسُلَٰلَةٍمِّنمَّآءٍمَّهِينٍ٨
thumma jaʿala naslahu min sulālatin min māin mahīnin

Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.(8)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. جَعَلَjaʿalaHe made
  3. نَسْلَهُۥnaslahuhis progeny
  4. مِنminfrom
  5. سُلَٰلَةٍsulālatinan extract
  6. مِّنminof
  7. مَّآءٍmāinwater
  8. مَّهِينٍmahīnindespised

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