IS MAN, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a [mere] drop of sperm - whereupon, lo! he shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue

Do people not see that We have created them from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Us˺?

Does a human being not consider that We created him from a [mere] fertilized ovum, yet he becomes a fierce adversary?

awalam yara l-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min nuṭ'fatin fa-idhā huwa khaṣīmun mubīnu

Does not see [the] man that We [We] created him from a semen-drop Then behold! He (is) an opponent clear.

IS MAN, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a [mere] drop of sperm - whereupon, lo! he shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue

Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent

Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary

Do people not see that We have created them from a sperm-drop, then—behold!—they openly challenge ˹Us˺?

Does a human being not consider that We created him from a [mere] fertilized ovum, yet he becomes a fierce adversary?

Does not man see that We created him from a drop. Yet there he is, flagrantly contentious

Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant

Consider not the human being that We created him from seminal fluid? That is when he is a clear adversary.

Has not man considered how We created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open adversary!

Don’t people see that We have created them from a sperm? Yet, they (stands up) as open opponent.

Has not man seen that We created him from a drop, and behold, he is a manifest adversary

Has then the human being not seen that We, We created him from Nutfah? Yet lo! He (comes forward) as an open disputer (about Our Identity)

Does not man see that We have created him from a sperm? Yet he stands up as an open adversary

Does the human being not consider that We created him from a seed? Yet he becomes a fierce adversary

And has not man seen that We created him of a sperm-drop? Then, only then, is he evidently a constant adversary

Has the human being not considered that We have created him from a drop of fluid. He is openly quarrelsome

Did man not see that We have created him from a drop of semen? Then suddenly he stood as an open adversary (to Us)

Does not man realize that We created him from male and female gametes? Yet, behold, he stands forth as an open contender of Truth! ('Nutfah' = Gamete, male or female)

Does man not know!? We created him from a speck of fluid! And now, he stands defiantly before Us __argumentative and boisterous

Does man not see that it is We Who created him from (a clot in the) sperm-ovary drop? Yet see! He (makes himself) an open enemy

Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary

Has man not seen that We have created him from a seed, that he would become a clear enem

Can man not see that We created him from a drop of fluid? Yet- lo and behold!- he disputes openly

Beholdest not man that We have created him from a sperm? Yet lo! he is a manifest disputer

Does not man see We created him from a drop of semen? Even then he becomes an open contender

Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet there he is, an open antagonist!

Has human not considered that We have created him from (so slight a beginning as) a drop of (seminal) fluid? Yet, he turns into an open, fierce adversary (selfishly disputing against the truth)

Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!

Does not man see that We have created him from a small seed? Then lo! He is an open disputant

Or did not the human being see that We created him from a fertilized egg, and then he is an obvious adversary

Do human beings not see that it is We Who created them from a zygote? Yet behold, he stands up as an open adversary

Haven’t humans considered how We created them from a drop of fluid, so they openly argue against Us?

Does man not see that We created him of a sperm drop, and lo! he is flagrantly contentious

Has man not seen that We have created him from a seed, but he then becomes a clear opponent

Does not man see that We have created him from a little thing of fertilized ovum? And, lo, he has become an open adversary

And has the man not seen that We have made him from a sperm, henceforth he is an open disputant?

Does the human being not see that we created him from a tiny drop, then he turns into an ardent enemy?

Has the human not seen how We created him from a drop (of sperm)? Yet he is a clear opponent

Does not man see that We have created him from the small life-germ? Then lo! he is an open disputant

Does not the human/mankind see/understand that We created him from a drop/male's or female's secretion , so then he is a clear/evident disputer/adversary/arguer

Do these disbelievers not think about their creation. I created them from an insignificant sperm drop and now [that I have showered them with my blessings] they dare to challenge their Lord like an enemy of theirs

And did not man see that We have created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open quarreller

Does not man see that WE have created him from a mere sperm-drop? Then lo ! he is an open quarreler

Has man not seen that We have created him from a sperm drop? Even then, he has become an open adversary

Has not a human being seen how We have created him out of a (very insignificant) sperm drop? Yet behold! he is an open adversary (to Us)

Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah (mixed male and female discharge semen drops). Yet behold! He (stands forth) as an open opponent

Has not man regarded how that We created him of a sperm-drop? Then lo, he is a manifest adversary

Doth not man know that We have created him of seed? Yet behold, he is an open disputer against the resurrection

Has not man seen that we have created him from a clot? and lo! he is an open opponent

Doth not man perceive that we have created him of the moist germs of life? Yet lo! is he an open caviller

Has not man considered that We created him from a little germ? Yet is he brazenly contentious

Can a person not understand that We created him/her from [male and female] gametes? Yet, he/she is openly adverse.

Has not man considered how We created him from a drop of semen? Yet he is an open adversary!

Is man, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a gamete; and then he becomes flagrantly contentious?

Did man not see how We created him from sperm... Despite this, he is now an open enemy!

Has not man seen that We created him of a sperm-drop? Yet behold! He is an open disputant.

Does man not perceive mentally and by visual tokens that We brought him into being from a seed -the constituent part of emitted fluid!- Yet he sets himself against Allah and displays his thought in his actions

H as not man considered that We created him from a sperm* even then he is an open disputant. * See note no. 1 of chapter 16, Verse 4.

Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary

Does not see [the] man that We [We] created him from a semen-drop Then behold! He (is) an opponent clear