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 He created and proportioned?

Then he became a clot. And He created and proportioned?

Then he became a clot. And He created and proportioned?

Then they became a clinging clot ˹of blood˺, then He developed and perfected their form,

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 kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa

thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā

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.