خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவன் மனிதனை இந்திரியத்துளியினால் படைத்தான்; அப்படியிருந்தும் மனிதன் பகிரங்கமான எதிரியாக இருக்கின்றான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ශුක්රාණු බිඳුවකින් ඔහු මිනිසාව මැව්වේ ය. එවිට පවා ඔහු ප්රකට වාද කරන්නෙකු වී ඇත.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اس نے انسان کو نطفے سے پیدا کیا پھر وه صریح جھگڑالو بن بیٹھا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは一精滴から人間を創られた。しかし見るがいい。かれ（人間）は公然と異論を唱える。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他用精液创造了人，而人却突然变成了（他的）明显的对手。
Tafsir of 16:4
Allah is the One Who has created the Heavens, the Earth, and Man Allah tells us about His creation of the upper realm, which is the heavens, and the lower realm, which is the earth, and everything in them. They have been created for a true purpose, not in vain, so that لِيَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيِجْزِى الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ بِالْحُسْنَى (He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise).) 53:31 Then He declares Himself to be above the Shirk of those who worship others besides Him. He is independent of His creation, alone with no partner or associate. For this reason He deserves to be worshipped Alone, without partners. Then He mentions how man has been created from a Nutfah, i.e., something that is insignificant, weak and has no value - but when man becomes independent and is able to fend for himself - then he begins to dispute with his Lord, may He be exalted, and disbelieves in Him and fights His Messengers.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
