يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O mankind yāayyuhā O mankind l-nāsu If in you are kuntum in fī doubt raybin about mina the Resurrection l-baʿthi then indeed, We fa-innā We created you khalaqnākum from min dust turābin then thumma from min a semen-drop nuṭ'fatin then thumma from min a clinging substance ʿalaqatin then thumma from min an embryonic lump muḍ'ghatin formed mukhallaqatin and unformed waghayri and unformed mukhallaqatin that We may make clear linubayyina to you lakum And We cause to remain wanuqirru in fī the wombs l-arḥāmi what mā We will nashāu for ilā a term ajalin appointed musamman then thumma We bring you out nukh'rijukum (as) a child ṭif'lan [then] thumma that you may reach litablughū [your] maturity ashuddakum And among you waminkum (is he) who man dies yutawaffā and among you waminkum (is he) who man is returned yuraddu to ilā the most abject ardhali age l-ʿumuri so that not likaylā he knows yaʿlama after min after baʿdi having known ʿil'min anything shayan And you see watarā the earth l-arḍa barren hāmidatan then when fa-idhā We send down anzalnā on it ʿalayhā water l-māa it gets stirred ih'tazzat and it swells warabat and grows wa-anbatat of min every kulli kind zawjin beautiful bahījin
O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed1 - that We may show you.2 And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.