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Surah ’Abasa, Verse 19

سورة عبس، الآية ١٩

80:19 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 585 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 80:19

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ۝١٩

Transliteration

min nuṭ'fatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

Translation

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹⁸⁵⁹

Notes

[1859] His proportions, provisions, life span, etc.

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Verse 19 of Surah ’Abasa (80:19), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 585 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 19

Al-Mukhtasar

He created him from a small amount of fluid, and managed his creation in stages.

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Other translations of verse 19

He created him from a drop of semen and proportioned him⁶,

Notes

[6] His creation, provisions, life span, etc.

From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him and then set him in due proportion.

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

Of a sperm drop He created him; so He determined him.

Verse 19 word by word

مِن min From
نُّطْفَةٍ nuṭ'fatin a semen-drop ن ط ف
خَلَقَهُۥ khalaqahu He created him خ ل ق
فَقَدَّرَهُۥ faqaddarahu then He proportioned him ق د ر

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