Then formed into an embryo? Then He fashioned, shaped and proportioned
He then became a clot – so Allah created him, then made him proper.
Then he was a blood-clot, and He created and formed,
and thereafter became a germ-cell - whereupon He created and formed [it] in accordance with what [it] was meant to be,
Then he became a clot; then He created him and formed him.
Then he became an 'Alaqa (a clot); then (Allah) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.
Then he became a clot. And He created and proportioned?
then he became a clot, and then Allah made it into a living body and proportioned its parts,
Then he became an `Alaqah; then shaped and fashioned in due proportion.
Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
and then a clinging mass? Whereat He created and proportioned [him],
Then he was a clot of blood, then He created and formed him
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
Was he not once just a drop of discharged sperm.
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Thumma k<u>a</u>na AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasaww<u>a</u>
which then became a leech-like clot; then God shaped and fashioned him in due proportion,
Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Thereafter he was a piece of coagulated blood. Then Allah created him and made his form proportionate.
Thereafter he was a piece of coagulated blood. Then Allah created him and made his form proportionate.