Surah 35. Fatir, Ayah 11
| وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ۚ وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ ۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِنْ مُعَمَّرٍ وَلَا يُنْقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'allaah khalaqa -kum min turaab thumma min nut.fah thumma jacala -kum azwaaj(an) wa- maa tah.mil min 'unthaa wa- laa tad.ac 'illaa bi- cilm -hi wa- maa yucammar min mucammar wa- laa yunqas. min cumur -hi 'illaa fe kitaab 'inna dhaalika calaa 'allaah yaser |
| Pickthall | : | Allah created you from dust, then from a little fluid, then He made you pairs (the male and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth save with His knowledge. And no one groweth old who groweth old, nor is aught lessened of his life, but it is recorded in a Book. Lo! that is easy for Allah. |
| Asad | : | And [remember:] God creates [every one of] you out of dust,8 then out of a drop of sperm; and then He fashions you into either of the two sexes.9 And no female conceives or gives birth unless it be with His knowledge; and none that is long-lived has his days lengthened - and neither is aught lessened of his days-unless it be thus laid down in [God sl decree: for, behold, all this is easy for God. |
| Malik | : | It is Allah Who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then He made you pairs. No female conceives or delivers without His knowledge. No long-lived man grows old or has his life cut short but is written in a Book; surely all this is easy for Allah. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | And Allah did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives or lays down (her load) but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days nor is a part cut off from his life but is in a Decree (ordained). All this is easy for Allah. 3884 3885 3886 3887 |
Note - 9Lit., "makes you pairs" or "mates" [of one another].
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Note - 3884Cf. xviii. 37 and n. 2379; xxii. 5 and n. 2773; and xxx.
20, and n. 3524. Here the argument is that man's physical
origin is lowly: his physical body is but dust; his
life-sperm issues from a part of his body which he hides
and considers as a place of shame; and the mystery of sex
shows that no one individual among mankind is sufficient
in himself. Glory and power and knowledge are not in him,
but in Allah, from Whom alone he derives any glory, or
power, or knowledge that he possesses.
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Note - 3885"Then" in this and the following clause refers, not to
stages of time, but to stages in the argument. It is
almost equivalent to "further", "also", and "in
addition".
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Note - 3886Things that appear most secret and mysterious to man are
all known and ordained by Allah. They are all subject to
Allah's Laws and Decrees. The mystery of human birth (see
n. 3625 to xxxi. 34), the mystery of sex, the mystery of
Life and Death and many other things, seem to man
inexplicable. But they are all ordained by Allah, and
their reasons are fully known to Him.
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Note - 3887Man's knowledge may be acquired laboriously and may be a
burden to him. Allah's knowledge is different; it is not
task or burden to Him. Cf. xxxiii. 19 and 30.
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Cf. xviii. 37 and n. 2379; xxii. 5 and n. 2773; and xxx. 20, and n. 3524. Here the argument is that man's physical origin is lowly: his physical body is but dust; his life-sperm issues from a part of his body which he hides and considers as a place of shame; and the mystery of sex shows that no one individual among mankind is sufficient in himself. Glory and power and knowledge are not in him, but in Allah, from Whom alone he derives any glory, or power, or knowledge that he possesses. |
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"Then" in this and the following clause refers, not to stages of time, but to stages in the argument. It is almost equivalent to "further", "also", and "in addition". |
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Things that appear most secret and mysterious to man are all known and ordained by Allah. They are all subject to Allah's Laws and Decrees. The mystery of human birth (see n. 3625 to xxxi. 34), the mystery of sex, the mystery of Life and Death and many other things, seem to man inexplicable. But they are all ordained by Allah, and their reasons are fully known to Him. |
