Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. (23:13)

﴿ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَّكِينٍ﴾
[ المؤمنون: 13]

23:13 Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.

Then I created his progeny who procreate, by way of a drop of sperm that lodges in the womb until birth.

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).

phonetic Transliteration

Thumma jaAAalnahu nutfatan fee qararin makeenin

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Thereafter We made him a Nutfah in a safe lodging.

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