خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ٤
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.
Quran verses about the human being
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201 verses in 37 surahs · 15 subtopics
The human being is presented here through his creation — from clay and earth, then from a sperm-drop — and his role as a successor on earth entrusted with building it. The verses also describe human nature, weak, quick to dispute, imploring in need and proud in ease, and praise scholars who act on their knowledge and people of understanding who remember and reflect.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 201
- People of understanding: praised as those who reflect and take heed 8
- People of understanding: who are they and what are their traits? 3
- Man made a successor on earth 7
- His creation from dust, then from a drop of fluid 8
- Human nature: argumentativeness 4
- Human nature: weakness and insignificance 5
- Human nature: love of wealth and stinginess with good 3
- Human nature: imploring in need, arrogant in plenty 7
- Human nature: delighted by blessings, despairing in misfortune 3
- Building up the earth is part of his duty 3
- Scholars who act on their knowledge 19
- The stages of his creation and his journey through this life 2
- People 118
- The middle community and its role among people 2
- Most people are not grateful 6
- Most people do not use reason 7
- Most people do not know 19
- Most of them would lead astray from Allah’s path 3
- Most of them do not believe 13
- Most of them are associators and disbelievers 5
- Most of them hate the truth 2
- People divided between oneness and associating partners 1
- Between principles and interests 3
- Between faith and hypocrisy 3
- Between this world and the Hereafter 2
- The seal of the prophets, messenger to all mankind 5
- People’s role in checking one another in society 2
- The final message addressed to all people 6
- A reproach to the Prophet ﷺ when he feared people 1
- Corruption on earth because of what people’s hands have earned 1
- People were one community, then they differed 4
- Whoever fears Allah does not fear people 3
- If Allah were to punish people, He would not leave a living creature on earth 4
- Some argue about Allah without knowledge 4
- Trials reveal people’s true worth 8
- Days of fortune alternate among people 1
- All people are called to Islam 10
- People’s hypocrisy towards one another 6
- People and desires 2
- The creation of man 21
- Clay 13
Human nature: argumentativeness · 4 verses
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا ٥٤
And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ٧٧
Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?
وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِىَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ٨
And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before, and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."
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