Surah Ghafir, Ayah 67 (40:67)

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هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا …

Quran 40:67 is ayah 67 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 475 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:67
هُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُممِّنتُرَابٍثُمَّمِننُّطْفَةٍثُمَّمِنْعَلَقَةٍثُمَّيُخْرِجُكُمْطِفْلًاثُمَّلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟أَشُدَّكُمْثُمَّلِتَكُونُوا۟شُيُوخًا ۚوَمِنكُممَّنيُتَوَفَّىٰمِنقَبْلُ ۖوَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟أَجَلًامُّسَمًّىوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَعْقِلُونَ٦٧
huwa alladhī khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭ'fatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma yukh'rijukum ṭif'lan thumma litablughū ashuddakum thumma litakūnū shuyūkhan waminkum man yutawaffā min qablu walitablughū ajalan musamman walaʿallakum taʿqilūna

It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.(67)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
  4. مِّنminfrom
  5. تُرَابٍturābindust
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. نُّطْفَةٍnuṭ'fatina semen-drop
  9. ثُمَّthummathen
  10. مِنْminfrom
  11. عَلَقَةٍʿalaqatina clinging substance
  12. ثُمَّthummathen
  13. يُخْرِجُكُمْyukh'rijukumHe brings you out
  14. طِفْلًاṭif'lan(as) a child
  15. ثُمَّthummathen
  16. لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟litablughūlets you reach
  17. أَشُدَّكُمْashuddakumyour maturity
  18. ثُمَّthummathen
  19. لِتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūlets you become
  20. شُيُوخًا ۚshuyūkhanold
  21. وَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you
  22. مَّنman(is he) who
  23. يُتَوَفَّىٰyutawaffādies
  24. مِنminbefore
  25. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  26. وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟walitablughūand lets you reach
  27. أَجَلًاajalana term
  28. مُّسَمًّىmusammanspecified
  29. وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand that you may
  30. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause reason

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