Quran 16:4 Translations

An -Nahl (The Bee) 16:4

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ

Transliteration

Khalaqa alinsana min nutfatin faitha huwa khaseemun mubeenun

Ahmad Ali

Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender.

Ali Qarai

He created man from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!

Amhad Khan

He created man from a drop of fluid, yet he is an open quarreller!

Arberry

He created man of a sperm-drop; and, behold, he is a manifest adversary.

Corpus Quran

He created the human kind from a minute quantity of semen then behold, he (is) an opponent clear.

Daryabadi

He hath created man from a drop, and Lo! he is a disputer open.

Hilali & Khan

He has created man from Nutfah (mixed drops of male and female sexual discharge), then behold, this same (man) becomes an open opponent.

Maududi

He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler.

Muhammad Sarwar

He created the human being from a drop of fluid but the human being openly disputes His Word.

Muhammad Shakir

He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender.

Pickthall

He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open opponent.

Qaribullah

He created mankind from a sperm drop, yet he is a clear adversary.

Sahih Intl

He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.

Talal Itani

He created the human being from a drop of fluid, yet he becomes an open adversary.

Wahihuddin Khan

He created man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: yet he shows himself to be openly contentious!

Yusuf Ali

He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer!