Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Was he not once a [mere] drop of sperm that had been spilt
Arthur John Arberry
Was he not a sperm-drop spilled
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)
Arabic
أَلَمۡ یَكُ نُطۡفَةࣰ مِّن مَّنِیࣲّ یُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧
Transliteration (2021)
alam yaku nuṭ'fatan min maniyyin yum'n