Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | He creates man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer | |
Shakir | | He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | He created man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: yet he shows himself to be openly contentious | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | He created the human being from seminal fluid. That is when he is a clear adversary. | |
| T.B.Irving | | He creates man from a drop of semen, yet he is an open opponent; | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | He created humans from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Him˺. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | He created the human being out of a fertilized ovum, and suddenly he is an open adversary. | |
| Abdul Hye | | He has created human from semen, yet the he becomes an open opponent. | |
| The Study Quran | | He created man from a drop, and behold, he is a manifest adversary | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | He created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition | |
Abdel Haleem | | He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | He hath created man from a drop, and Lo! he is a disputer open | |
Ahmed Ali | | Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender | |
Aisha Bewley | | He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger! | |
Ali Ünal | | He has created human from (so slight a beginning as) a mere drop of seminal fluid; and yet, he turns into an open, fierce adversary (selfishly disputing against the truth) | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | He created man from a drop (of sperm); and yet, behold, he is an open opponent | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | He created man of a sperm-drop; yet, (behold) how he is an evident adversary | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | He created the human being from a drop of fluid but the human being openly disputes His Word | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | He created the human being out of male and female gametes. They should be humble before their Creator's Messages instead of being contentious | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | He has created man from a drop of semen (sperm); And look this same (man) becomes an open challenger (about the creation) | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary | |
Farook Malik | | He created man from a drop of semen, yet he is an open contender | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | He created man from a drop of fluid. Yet, man is now hostile and argumentative | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | He created the human being from Nutfah, and afterwards he (behaves as) one who indulges in all sorts of arguments and disputes | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | He created the human being from a drop of fluid, yet he becomes an open adversary | |
Maududi | | He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | God created the human being from fertilized egg (zygote), then he is an overt challenger now | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | He has created the human being from a zygote, and behold, he becomes an open disputer | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | He created Humans from a drop of semen, so is that why humans are quarrelsome | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | He has created man from a seed, but then he becomes clearly in opposition. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | He (Allah) created man from tiny fertilized ovum. And, lo, he has become an open adversary | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | He has created mankind from a tiny embryo; how funny of this insignificant creature to turn against his own soul and challenge his Creator | |
| Faridul Haque | | He created man from a drop of fluid, yet he is an open quarreller | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | He created mankind from a sperm drop, yet he is a clear adversary | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | He created man from a small life-germ, and lo! he is an open contender | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | He created the human/mankind from a drop/male's or female's secretion/little water, so then he (the human/mankind) is (a) clear/evident disputer/adversary | |
Sher Ali | | HE has created man from a mere drop of fluid, but lo ! he is an open disputer | |
Rashad Khalifa | | He created the human from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent opponent. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | He created man from a purified drop; therefore, he is an open disputer. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | He has created human being from a mere drop of fluid, (a small life germ) then look! what a perspicuous and sound debater he has turned out to be | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | He alone has created man from a drop of vital fluid, yet he has become openly contentious (instead of becoming totally submissive to Allah) | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent | |
