ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ نُطْفَةً فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- பின்னர் நாம் (மனிதனைப் படைப்பதற்காக) அவனை ஒரு பாதுகாப்பன இடத்தில் இந்திரியத் துளியாக்கி வைத்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- පසුව අපි ඔහු සුරක්ෂිත ස්ථානයක ශුක්රාණුවක් ලෙස තැන්පත් කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پھر اسے نطفہ بنا کر محفوظ جگہ میں قرار دے دیا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 次に，われはかれを精液の一滴として，堅固な住みかに納めた。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 然后，我使他变成精液，在坚固的容器中的精液，
Tafsir of 23:13
The Sign of Allah in the progressive creation of Man from Clay then from Nutfah and thereafter Allah tells us how He initially created man from an extract of Tin. This was Adam, peace be upon him, whom Allah created from sounding clay of altered black smooth mud. Ibn Jarir said, "Adam was called Tin because he was created from it." Qatadah said, "Adam was created from Tin." This is the more apparent meaning and is closer to the context, for Adam, upon him be peace, was created from a sticky Tin, which is a sounding clay of altered black smooth mud, and that is created from dust, as Allah says: وَمِنْ ءَايَتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ (And among His signs is this that He created you (Adam) from dust, and then -- behold you are human beings scattered!) 30:20 Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Musa that the Prophet said: «إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَرْضِ، فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْأَرْضِ، جَاءَ مِنْهُمُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَالْأَبْيَضُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ وَبَيْنَ ذلِكَ، وَالْخَبِيثُ وَالطَّيِّبُ وَبَيْنَ ذلِك» (Allah created Adam from a handful which He picked up from throughout the earth, so the sons of Adam …
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
