سُوْرَةُ الزُّمَرِ
Surah Az-Zumar (39) — Ayah 6
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ ثَلَـٰثٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He created you (all) from a single person (Adam); then made from him his wife [Hawwâ’ (Eve)]. And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs (of the sheep, two, male and female; of the goats, two, male and female; of the oxen, two, male and female; and of the camels, two, male and female). He creates you in the wombs of your mothers: creation after creation in three veils of darkness. Such is Allâh your Lord. His is the kingdom. Lâ ilâha illâ Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). How then are you turned away?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
خَلَقَكُم
khalaqakum
He created you
مِّن
min
from
نَّفْسٍۢ
nafsin
a soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢ
wāḥidatin
single
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
He made
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
زَوْجَهَا
zawjahā
its mate
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
And He sent down
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
l-anʿāmi
the cattle
ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ
thamāniyata
eight
أَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۚ
azwājin
kinds
يَخْلُقُكُمْ
yakhluqukum
He creates you
فِى
fī
in
بُطُونِ
buṭūni
(the) wombs
أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ
ummahātikum
(of) your mothers
خَلْقًۭا
khalqan
creation
مِّنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
خَلْقٍۢ
khalqin
creation
فِى
fī
in
ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢ
ẓulumātin
darkness[es]
ثَلَـٰثٍۢ ۚ
thalāthin
three
ذَٰلِكُمُ
dhālikumu
That
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
لَهُ
lahu
for Him
ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖ
l-mul'ku
(is) the dominion
لَآ
lā
(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ ۖ
huwa
He
فَأَنَّىٰ
fa-annā
Then how
تُصْرَفُونَ
tuṣ'rafūna
are you turning away
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
6. 1 That is, from Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), whom Allah created with His own hand and breathed into him from His spirit.
6. 2 That is, He created Hawwa (Eve) from the left rib of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), and this too is a perfection of His power, because apart from Hawwa, no other woman has been created from the rib of a man. Thus, this creation is against the usual order and is among the signs of Allah's power.
6. 3 This is the mention of those same four kinds of animals: sheep, goat, camel, and cow, which together as male and female become eight, whose mention has already passed in Surah Al-An'am.
6. 4 That is, he passes through various stages in the mother's womb: first, a drop of fluid (nutfah), then a clot ('alaqah), then a lump of flesh (mudghah), then a skeleton of bones, upon which is clothed with flesh. After passing through all these stages, a complete human being is prepared.
6. 5 One is the darkness of the mother's belly, the second is the darkness of the womb, and the third is the membrane or covering in which the child is wrapped.
6. 6 Or why do you turn from truth to falsehood and from guidance to misguidance?
6. 2 That is, He created Hawwa (Eve) from the left rib of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), and this too is a perfection of His power, because apart from Hawwa, no other woman has been created from the rib of a man. Thus, this creation is against the usual order and is among the signs of Allah's power.
6. 3 This is the mention of those same four kinds of animals: sheep, goat, camel, and cow, which together as male and female become eight, whose mention has already passed in Surah Al-An'am.
6. 4 That is, he passes through various stages in the mother's womb: first, a drop of fluid (nutfah), then a clot ('alaqah), then a lump of flesh (mudghah), then a skeleton of bones, upon which is clothed with flesh. After passing through all these stages, a complete human being is prepared.
6. 5 One is the darkness of the mother's belly, the second is the darkness of the womb, and the third is the membrane or covering in which the child is wrapped.
6. 6 Or why do you turn from truth to falsehood and from guidance to misguidance?
