Ayah al-Qiyamah (The Rising of the Dead, Resurrection) 75:38

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Muhammad Asad

and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form,

Safi Kaskas

Then he became a clot. And [God] created and proportioned,

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ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّى

Transliteration (2021)

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then he was a clinging substance, then He created and proportioned.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be

M. M. Pickthall

Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashione

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form,

Safi Kaskas

Then he became a clot. And [God] created and proportioned,

Wahiduddin Khan

which then became a leech-like clot; then God shaped and fashioned him in due proportion

Shakir

Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, he had been a clot and He created him and shaped him.

T.B.Irving

Then he became a clot, so [God] created and fashioned [him]

Abdul Hye

Then he became a hanging clot; then (Allah) created and fashioned him in due proportion,

The Study Quran

Then he was a blood clot; whereupon He created, then fashioned

Dr. Kamal Omar

Afterwards he became ‘Alaqatan. Then He differentiated (it) into a creation, and shaped and fashioned (him) in proportion

Farook Malik

Then he became a leechlike mass, then Allah created him and fashioned him in due proportion

Talal A. Itani (new translation)

Then he became a clot. And He created and proportioned

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter he was a clot (i.e., a leach-like clot). So He created, then He molded

Muhammad Sarwar

Was he not once just a drop of discharged sperm

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Then he became a clot of blood, then He created (him) and made (him) perfect

Shabbir Ahmed

Then he became a zygote. And He shaped and fashioned him in due proportion

Dr. Munir Munshey

Then, he became a clot, and He (Allah) gave him the form and proportions

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then did he become a leech-like clot; Then (Allah) made and gave (him) the right size and shape

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then he was a clinging clot, and [ Allah ] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then he was a clot, so he was created and developed

Abdel Haleem

which became a clinging form, which God shaped in due proportion

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then he became a clot; then He created him and formed him

Ahmed Ali

Then formed into an embryo? Then He fashioned, shaped and proportione

Aisha Bewley

then a blood-clot which He created and shaped,

Ali Ünal

Then he became a clot clinging (to the womb wall), and He created and fashioned (him) in due proportions

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then he became a clinging mass; then He created [him] and proportioned [him]

Hamid S. Aziz

Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

then it became a (dangling, clinging, and leach like) blood clot, then He created and shaped (it)

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then did they become a leech-like fetus, then God made and fashion them in due proportion

Musharraf Hussain

Then a germ cell that Allah created and perfected?

Maududi
then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Then he was an embryo, so he was created and developed.

Mohammad Shafi
Then he became a leech-like clinging clot of curdled blood; and He created him and set his shape right

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then he became a clot, and then He created him and perfected him.

Rashad Khalifa
Then He created an embryo out of it!

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Then he was a clot of blood, then He created and formed hi

Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then he was a clot; so He created (him), then made (him) perfect

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Then (he) was/became a blood clot , so He created (it), so He straightened/perfected (it)

Bijan Moeinian
Then his Creator made him a leech like clot

Faridul Haque
He then became a clot – so Allah created him, then made him proper

Sher Ali
The he became a clot, then ALLAH gave him shape and perfected him

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then it developed into a hanging mass (clinging to the womb like a nest). Then He created (in it the preliminary form of all the limbs of the body). Then He set (them) right

Amatul Rahman Omar
(Which drop) then became a clot of blood, then He fashioned (him through various stages) and perfected (him in his make)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then he became an Alaqa (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
Then he was a blood-clot, and He created and formed

George Sale
Afterwards he became a little coagulated blood; and God formed him, and fashioned him with just proportion

Edward Henry Palmer
Then he was congealed blood, and (God) created him, and fashioned him

John Medows Rodwell
Then he became thick blood of which God formed him and fashioned him

N J Dawood (2014)
He became a clot of blood;³ then God formed and moulded him

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He/she then became a clot clinging [to the uterine wall]. (Allah) designed (humanity) in due proportion.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Then he became a clot, so [Allah (God)] created and fashioned [him]

Ahmed Hulusi
Which then became a clot (genetic structure), and (Allah) created him and proportioned him (according to his creational purpose).

Mir Aneesuddin
Then it became something that clings and hangs like a leech, so He proportioned it then set it in equilibrium.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Then by union with its counterpart it became Notfa Amshag* "zygote" which developed into a clinging organism. Then Allah has given it form and shape, proportions and a constitution ensuring that the individual is not alone human, but unique - from the pattern of the finger prints to the number, colour, shape and length of the eyelashes, - ref. Human Embryology M.j.T.Fitz Gerald M.D., London, 197

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due proportion

OLD Literal Word for Word
Then he was a clinging substance, then He created and proportioned