وَلَقَدْ
خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ
12. And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water
and earth).
ثُمَّ
جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ
13. Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed
drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging
(womb of the woman).
ثُمَّ
خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ
عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ
اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
14. Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated
blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of
that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then
We brought it forth as another creation. So Blessed is Allâh, the Best of creators..[1]
[1] (V.23:14) Narrated ‘Abdullâh رضى الله عنه: Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم, the true
and truly inspired said: “(As regards your creation), every one of you is
collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then he becomes
a clot for another forty days, and then a piece of flesh for another forty
days.
Then Allâh sends an angel to write four words: He writes his deeds, time of his
death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be wretched or blessed (in
the Hereafter). Then the soul is breathed into
his body. So a man may do deeds characteristics of the people of the
(Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between him
and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses; and so he
starts doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters
Paradise. Similarly, a person may do deeds characteristic of the people of
Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between him and it,
and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses , and he starts doing
deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire.”(Sahîh Al-Bukhârî,
Vol.4, Hadîth No. 549).
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For Arabic please refer to https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/katheer/sura23-aya12.html
For English translation of the Ayah (12, 13 & 14) & Hadīth please refer to Translation of The Noble Qur’ān
in the English Language by Dr. Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilâlî and Dr. Muhammad
Muhsin Khân, Part 18 page.455. Published by King Fahd Complex For The Printing
Of The Holy Qur'ân, Madinah K.S.A.
