سورة المؤمنون، الآية ١٣
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُطْفَةً فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ ١٣
thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīnin
Then We placed him as a sperm-drop949 in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].
[949] Or "as a zygote."
Verse 13 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 342 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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Then I created his progeny who procreate, by way of a drop of sperm that lodges in the womb until birth.
then We placed him as a sperm-drop5 in a safe place,
[5] i.e., a zygote.
Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).
Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;
Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;
Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,
Thereafter We made him a sperm-drop, in an established residence.
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ …
Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay. …
إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ …
For a known extent. …
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ فِى قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]
